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Pandemonium :: Pandemonium (n.) The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.

Divan :: Divan (n.) In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.

Vizier :: Vizier (n.) A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.

Session :: Session (n.) Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term..

Conciliabule :: Conciliabule (n.) An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.

Tapis :: Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table..

Junta :: "Junta (n.) A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain..

Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..

Synod :: Synod (n.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.

Representative :: Representative (a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people..

Bundesrath :: Bundesrath (n.) The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.

Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..

Encyclical :: Encyclical (a.) Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope..

Parliament :: Parliament (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws..

Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

Hieromnemon :: Hieromnemon (n.) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister..

Conciliary :: Conciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council..

Council :: Council (n.) Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

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