Council
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council¹
- /ˈkaʊn.səl/
- /ˈkuːn.səl/ Northumbria
Sounds like counsel · Rhymes with -aʊnsəl
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French conseil (“advice, deliberation, thought”), from Latin cōnsilium (“plan, intention, design, purpose”), from cōnsulō (“consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from, deliberate, reflect”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“take, grab”).
noun councils
- A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
- A local authority.
- Discussion or deliberation. Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
- Short for church council the First Council of Nicaea
verb councils · counciling · councilling · counciled · councilled
- To sit in council with; to hold discussions with.
Council²
proper noun
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- A small city, the county seat of Adams County, Idaho, United States.
