3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night.
Milton.
O great in action and in council wise.
Pope.
Aulic council.
See under Aulic. — Cabinet council. See under Cabinet. — City council, the
legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council,
but sometimes otherwise constituted. — Common council. See under Common. — Council board,
Council table, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation.
— Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council meets. — Council fire, the ceremonial
fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Bartlett. — Council of war, an assembly
of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance
or nesessity. — Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the
whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. — Executive council, a body of
men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] — Legislative
council, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. — Privy council. See under
Privy. [Eng.]
Syn. — Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.
Councilist
(Coun"cil*ist) n. One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.]
I will in three months be an expert counsilist.
Milton.
Councilman
(Coun"cil*man) n.; pl. Councilmen (- men). A member of a council, especially of the
common council of a city; a councilor.
Councilor
(Coun"cil*or) n. A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was
not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed.
Co-une
(Co`-une") v. t. [L. co- + unus one.] To combine or unite. [Obs.] "Co-uned together." Feltham.
Co-unite
(Co`-u*nite") v. t. To unite. [Obs.]
Co-unite
(Co`-u*nite"), a. United closely with another. [Obs.]
Counsel
(Coun"sel) n. [OE. conseil, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult,
of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul.]
1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
Matt. xxvii.
1.
2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
Hooker.
3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised.
Shak.
It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
Tennyson.