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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..

Amphictyons :: Amphictyons (n. pl.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

Transpire :: Transpire (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired..

Act :: Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..

Sanhedrim :: Sanhedrim (n.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters..

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

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

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

Junto :: "Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians..

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..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council..

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

Senate :: Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government..

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..

Tridentine :: Tridentine (a.) Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city..

Consultation :: Consultation (n.) A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause..

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.

Witenagemote :: Witenagemote (n.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest..

Syndicate :: Syndicate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics..

Council :: Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council..

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