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where decisions get made by people who lost the argument to attend more meetings
means A group of people who meet officially to advise, govern, organize, or make decisions for a community or organization.
from From Latin 'concilium,' a calling-together — built from 'con-' (together) and 'calare' (to call, summon), so at its root a council is literally people summoned into the same room. It arrived in English through Old French 'cuncile.' Worth noting: it's a near-twin of 'counsel' (advice), which comes from a different Latin word, 'consilium' — the two have been tangling each other up for centuries, which is why people still mix them today.
- ancient roots
- Roman concilium summoned citizens to deliberate publicly
- church power
- Council of Nicaea shaped Christian doctrine in 325 AD
- quorum rule
- Too few members and nothing legally counts
- word origin
- From Latin concilium, meaning to call together
- local reach
- Councils control your potholes, parks, and bin day
un security council — 15-member body with 5 permanent veto-holding members since 1945
european council — heads of state/government of eu member states meeting quarterly since 1974
council of trent — catholic church ecumenical council 1545-1563 that defined modern catholicism
tribal council navajo nation — 88-member legislative body governing the navajo nation in southwestern us