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council 音标拼音: [k'ɑʊnsəl] n. 理事会,委员会 理事会,委员会 council委员会 署 council n 1: a body serving in an administrative capacity; " student council" 2: ( Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine 3: a meeting of people for consultation; " emergency council" Council \ Coun" cil\ ( koun" s[ i^] l), n. [ F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. { Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor' s council; a city council. [ 1913 Webster] An old lord of the council rated me the other day. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. [ 1913 Webster] Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] O great in action and in council wise. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] { Aulic council}. See under { Aulic}. { Cabinet council}. See under { Cabinet}. { City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. { Common council}. See under { Common}. { Council board}, { Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. { Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. { Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [ U. S.] -- Bartlett. { Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. { Ecumenical council} ( Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. { Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [ U. S.] { Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. { Privy council}. See under { Privy}. [ Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. [ 1913 Webster] 151 Moby Thesaurus words for " council": Areopagus, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, advisory council, alliance, assemblage, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, audience, axis, ball, band, bargaining, bargaining session, bloc, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, body, brawl, cabinet, cadre, camarilla, caucus, coalition, college, colloquium, combination, combine, commission, committee, common market, conclave, concourse, confab, confabulation, confederacy, confederation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consistory, consultation, consumer cooperative, conventicle, convention, convocation, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, council fire, council of state, council of war, credit union, curia, customs union, dance, date, diet, directorate, directors, directory, discussion, divan, economic community, eisteddfod, exchange of views, executive arm, executive committee, executive hierarchy, eyeball- to- eyeball encounter, federation, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, free trade area, gang, gathering, get- together, governing board, governing body, group, grouping, high- level talk, housewarming, huddle, infrastructure, inquisition, interchange of views, interlocking directorate, interview, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, kitchen cabinet, league, levee, machine, management, meet, meeting, ministry, mob, negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, partnership, party, plenum, political machine, pourparler, powwow, press conference, privy council, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, ring, seance, session, shadow cabinet, shindig, sit- in, sitting, society, soiree, steering committee, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, the Inquisition, the administration, the brass, the executive, the people upstairs, top brass, tribunal, turnout, unionCouncil spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province ( Acts 25: 12). The Jewish councils were the Sanhedrim, or supreme council of the nation, which had subordinate to it smaller tribunals ( the " judgment," perhaps, in Matt. 5: 21, 22) in the cities of Palestine ( Matt. 10: 17; Mark 13: 9). In the time of Christ the functions of the Sanhedrim were limited ( John 16: 2; 2 Cor. 11: 24). In Ps. 68: 27 the word " council" means simply a company of persons. ( R. V. marg., " company.") In ecclesiastical history the word is used to denote an assembly of pastors or bishops for the discussion and regulation of church affairs. The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15. COUNCIL, legislation. This word signifies an assembly. 2. It was used among the Romans to express the meeting of only a part of the people, and that the most respectable, in opposition to the assemblies of the whole people. 3. It is now usually applied to the legislative bodies of cities and boroughs. 4. In some states, as in Massachusetts, a body of men called the council, are elected, whose duties are to advise the governor in the executive part of the government. Const. of Mass. part 2, c. 2, s. 3, art. 1 and 2. See 14 Mass. 470; 3 Pick. 517; 4 Pick. 25 19 John. R. 58. In England, the king' s council are the king' s judges of his courts of justice. 3 Inst. 125; 1 Bl. Com. 229.
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