[ˈkaʊnsl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly
(e.g: an official human rights council)


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Origin:
Old English concilie (in the sense ‘ecclesiastical assembly’), from Latin concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’; subsequently reinforced by Anglo-Norman French cuncile. Compare with counsel