- appointed council
- committee which has been established
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Council of Trent — Council of Trent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Keewatin — Type Type Unicameral Timeline Established … Wikipedia
Council of the District of Columbia — Type Type Unicameral Leadership … Wikipedia
Council of Basle — Council of Basle † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Basle Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Constance — Council of Constance † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Constance A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 Nov., 1414, to 22 April, 1418. Its forty five general sessions were devoted… … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Chalcedon — Council of Chalcedon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Chalcedon The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November inclusive, at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Its principal purpose was to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Constance — Date 1414–8 Accepted by Catholicism Previous council Vienne Next council Siena (Counciliarism) Florence (Ecumenical) … Wikipedia
Council of Vienne — Date 1311 1312 Accepted by Roman Catholicism Previous council Second Council of Lyons Next council Council of Constance Convoked by Pope … Wikipedia
Council of Vienne (1311-12) — Council of Vienne (1311 12) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Vienne (1311 12) Pope Clement V, by the Bull Regnans in coelis of 12 Aug., 1308, called a general council to meet on 1 Oct., 1310, at Vienne in France for the purpose of … Catholic encyclopedia
Council — coun·cil / kau̇n səl/ n: a governmental body: as a: a group elected as a legislative body city council b: an administrative body council on aging c: an executive body whose members are equal in power and authority co … Law dictionary