council
Roget-categorie 696
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.3. Voluntary action
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Council
zelfstandig naamwoord
council,
committee,
subcommittee,
comitia [Lat.],
court,
chamber,
cabinet,
board,
bench,
staff.
senate,
senatus [Lat.],
parliament,
chamber of deputies,
directory,
reichsrath [G.],
rigsdag,
cortes [Sp.],
storthing†,
witenagemote†,
junta,
divan,
musnud†,
sanhedrim —
classis† —
Amphictyonic council† —
duma [Rus.],
house of representatives —
legislative assembly,
legislative council —
riksdag†,
volksraad [G.],
witan†,
caput†,
consistory,
chapter,
syndicate —
court of appeal
etc.
(tribunal)
966 —
board of control,
board of works —
vestry —
county council,
local board.
audience chamber,
council chamber,
state chamber.
cabinet council,
privy council —
cockpit,
convocation,
synod,
congress,
convention,
diet,
states-general.
[formal gathering of members of a council: script]
assembly,
caucus,
conclave,
clique,
conventicle —
meeting,
sitting,
seance,
conference,
convention,
exhibition,
session,
palaver,
pourparler,
durbar†,
house —
quorum —
council fire [U.S.],
powwow [U.S.],
primary [U.S.].
meeting,
assemblage
etc.
72.
[person who is member of a council]
member —
senator —
member of parliament,
M.
P. —
councilor,
representative of the people —
assemblyman,
congressman —
councilman,
councilwoman,
alderman,
freeholder.
werkwoord
assemble,
gather together,
meet
(assemblage)
72 —
confer,
caucus,
hold council —
huddle [Coll.].
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
senatorial,
curule† —
congressional,
parliamentary —
legislative,
law-making —
regulatory —
deliberative.
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