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Canon :: Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority..

Councilmen :: Councilmen (pl. ) of Councilma.

Originate :: Originate (v. i.) To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council..

Senate :: Senate (n.) An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council..

Council :: Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case..

Caput :: Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Senator :: Senator (n.) A member of the king's council; a king's councilor.

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

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..

Councilman :: Councilman (n.) A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor..

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..

Deliberation :: Deliberation (n.) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council..

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

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

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

Pylagore :: Pylagore (n.) a deputy of a State at the Amphictyonic council.

Divan :: Divan (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room..

Diet :: Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521..

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

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