Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice |
Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly |
Council (n.) Act of deliberating |
Councilmen (pl. ) of Councilman |
Councilman (n.) A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city |
Councilor (n.) A member of a council. |
Local (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space |
Local (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road |
Local (n.) On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. |
Member (v. t.) To remember |
Member (n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office |
Member (n.) Hence, a part of a whole |
Member (n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence |
Member (n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. |
Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. |
Member (n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. |
Member (n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like |
Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government |
Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. |
Parish (n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. |
Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc. |
Parish (n.) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister |
Parish (n.) In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States. |
Parish (a.) Of or pertaining to a parish |
Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. |
Town (adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. |
Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city |
Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town |
Town (adv. & prep.) A township |
Town (adv. & prep.) The court end of London |
Town (adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants |
Town (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead |
Town-crier (n.) A town officer who makes proclamations to the people |
Village (n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city. |
city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
boardroom council chamber | a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
local | public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops, the local seemed to take forever to get to New York |
local anesthetic local anaesthetic local topical anesthetic topical anaesthetic | anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body |
local area network LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
local oscillator heterodyne oscillator | an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones |
local road local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it |
Potemkin village | something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
row house town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls |
structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
wireless local area network WLAN wireless fidelity WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
penis phallus member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
extremity appendage member | an external body part that projects from the body, it is important to keep the extremities warm |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
local call | a telephone call made within a local calling area |
talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
Continuity Irish Republican Army CIRA Continuity Army Council | a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein |
Fatah Revolutionary Council Fatah-RC Abu Nidal Organization ANO Arab Revolutionary Brigades Black September Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in , has conducted terrorist attacks incountries, in the s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group |
local government | the government of a local area |
local department department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
Council of Economic Advisors | an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President |
National Security Council NSC | a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security, supervises the Central Intelligence Agency |
Council on Environmental Policy | the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment |
post office local post office | a local branch where postal services are available |
legislative council | a unicameral legislature |
member | an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations), the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association, Canada is a member of the United Nations |
parish | a local church community |
municipal government | the government of a municipality |
town townspeople townsfolk | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city, the whole town cheered the team |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
Security Council SC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for preserving world peace |
Trusteeship Council TC | a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory |
Economic and Social Council ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |
Economic and Social Council commission ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
council | a meeting of people for consultation, emergency council |
North Atlantic Council NAC | a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO, has political authority and powers of decision |
council | a body serving in an administrative capacity, student council |
city council | a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc. |
executive council | a council that shares the supreme executive power |
privy council | an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown) |
works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
council | (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine |
ecumenical council | (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline, the first seven councils through are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church |
Nicaea First Council of Nicaea | the first ecumenical council in which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism |
Constantinople First Council of Constantinople | the second ecumenical council in which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed |
Ephesus Council of Ephesus | the third ecumenical council in which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius |