council
noun
[ ˈkaʊns(ə)l ]
• an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly.
• "an official human rights council"
Similar:
advisory body,
advisory group,
board,
board of directors,
committee,
commission,
assembly,
panel,
trustees,
delegates,
delegation,
synod,
convocation,
chapter,
Origin:
Old English (in the sense ‘ecclesiastical assembly’): from Anglo-Norman French cuncile, from Latin concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’. Compare with counsel.
