council
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
council/ˈkaʊnsl/
▶noun
- 1 a formally constituted advisory, deliberative, or administrative body.
■ a body elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or district.
- 2 [as modifier] Brit. denoting housing provided by a local council.
'council' also found in these Oxford entries:
alderman
- blue book
- cabildo
- CC
- Chalcedonian
- clerk
- closed
- CNAA
- community charge
- conciliar
- conciliate
- consistory
- councillor
- council of war
- council tax
- counsel
- counsellor
- county council
- discretion
- divan
- dress
- EPSRC
- ESRC
- GLC
- Gorsedd
- hustings
- ICC
- junta
- King in Council
- LCC
- Lord President of the Council
- mayor
- MLC
- Most Honourable
- MRC
- NERC
- Nicene Creed
- NSC
- Order in Council
- panchayat
- parishad
- parish council
- PPARC
- president
- Privy Council
- Queen in Council
- RDC
- reeve
- Sanhedrin
