council

1. council (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

Example: He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

2. council (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).: A local authority.

3. council (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Discussion or deliberation.

Example: Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;

4. council (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To sit in council with; to hold discussions with.