English noun: council |
| 1. | council (group) a body serving in an administrative capacity |
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| Samples | Student council.
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| Broader (hypernym) | administrative body, administrative unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | city council, Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, executive council, NAC, North Atlantic Council, panchayat, panchayet, privy council, punchayet, Sanhedrin, SC, Security Council, soviet, TC, Trusteeship Council, works council, world council |
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| 2. | council (group) (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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | assembly |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Constance, Constantinople, Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence, Council of Constance, Council of Trent, Council of Vienne, ecumenical council, First Council of Lyons, Fourth Council of Constantinople, Lateran Council, Lyons, Lyons, Second Council of Lyons, Vatican Council, Vienne |
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| Domain category | Christian religion, Christianity |
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| 3. | council (group) a meeting of people for consultation |
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| Samples | Emergency council.
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| Broader (hypernym) | group meeting, meeting |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | indaba, Jirga, powwow, synod |
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| Member holonym | council member, councillor |
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