Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
amphictyon | (Hist.) a delegate to a council of an amphictyony, a group of states sharing common shrine (eg the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
amphictyonic | applied to the ancient Greek council of state-deputies. |
amphictyony | a group of states sharing common shrine (eg the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
ayuntamiento | (Spanish) a municipal council. |
baraza | (Swahili) in E. Africa, a public meeting-place. |
boule | (Greek) in ancient Greece, a council or senate. |
bundist | a member of a bund, a confederacy. |
cabildo | (Spanish) a town council. |
camarilla | (Spanish) a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; a cabal. |
caucus | a meeting or group of members of a political party formed to nominate candidates or delegates (verb) to hold a caucus |
collegium | (Lat.) a college of cardinals. |
comitadji | (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla. |
conciliar | of or pertaining to (esp ecclesiastical) councils. |
conciliarly | (Adv.) CONCILIAR, pertaining to ecclesiastical councils. |
conciliary | of or pertaining to (esp ecclesiastical) councils. |
congress | an assembly of delegates, specialists, ambassadors, etc for the discussion or settlement of problems; (verb) to meet in congress. |
consigliere | in Italy, a member of a council; a member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser or aide to the leader or to other members. |
consulta | (Ital.) a meeting of council. |
convener | a person who convenes a meeting. |
convenor | a person who convenes a meeting. |
council | a group of persons appointed for a certain function. |
councillor | a member of a council. |
councilor | (US) a member of a council. |
dietine | a minor or local diet, assembly. |
douma | (Russian) the Russian parliament. |
dumaist | (Russian) a member of the duma, the Russian parliament. |
ecclesia | (Lat.) the public legislative assembly of the Athenians. |
feis | (Irish) an ancient Irish assembly for the proclamation of laws etc. |
folkmoot | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
folkmot | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
folkmote | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
gemot | (Hist.) an Anglo-Saxon legislative assembly. |
gemote | (OE) an Anglo-Saxon legislative assembly. |
indaba | (Zulu) a tribal conference in southern Africa. |
inquorate | of the attendance at a meeting, not making up a quorum. |
jamaat | (Arabic) an Islamic council or assembly. |
jirga | (Pushtu) in Afghanistan, a council of tribal headsmen. |
junta | (Spanish) a group, esp one made of military officers, ruling a country after a coup. |
junto | (Spanish) a group, esp one made of military officers, ruling a country after a coup. |
kabele | (Amharic) a self-governing association found in towns in Ethiopia. |
kebele | (Amharic) a self-governing association found in towns in Ethiopia. |
kgotla | (Bantu) a Botswanan assembly. |
knesset | (Hebrew) a parliament esp Israel's Parliament. |
komitaji | (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla. |
korero | (Maori) talk, discussion; (verb) to talk, converse. |
lekgotla | (Bantu) a Botswanan assembly. |
majlis | (Arabic) an assembly or council in various N. African and Middle Eastern countries. |
marae | (Maori) a meeting-place. |
mejlis | (Arabic) an assembly or council in various N. African and Middle Eastern countries. |
panchayat | (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
panhellenion | a council representing all the sections of the Greeks. |
panhellenium | a council representing all the sections of the Greeks. |
parishad | (Hindi) an Indian assembly. |
pawaw | (Am. Ind.) a conference between American Indians; (verb) to hold such a conference. |
powwow | (Am. Ind.) a conference between American Indians; (verb) to hold such a conference. |
praesidium | (Lat.) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union. |
presidium | (Lat.) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union. |
runanga | (Maori) an assembly or council. |
samithi | (Hindi) in India, an organisation or committee of workers. |
samiti | (Hindi) in India, an organisation or committee of workers. |
sederunt | (Lat.) a prolonged sitting (as for discussion). |
septemvir | (Lat.) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
soviet | (Russian) any of a number of elected local, district, or national councils in the former USSR with legislative and executive functions. |
sovietic | of or like a soviet. |
stannator | one of the members of the Stannary Parliament. |
summiteer | a participant in summit conferences. |
summitry | the practice of holding summit conferences. |
tiriti | (Maori) another name for the Treaty of Waitangi. |
ujamaa | (Swahili) in Tanzania, a form of village community resembling the Israeli kibbutz. |
volksraad | (Afrikaans) a legislative assembly, esp (with cap.) that of the Transvaal or Orange Free State. |
wapenschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wapenshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wapinschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wapinshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wappenschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wappenshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
wappenshawing | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
witenagemote | (OE) an early English national council. |
zemstvo | (Russian) an elected local administrative council in Czarist Russia. |
zupa | (Serbian) in early Serbia, a confederation of villages, governed by a zupan. |
zupan | (Serbian) the body governing a zupa, a federation of Serbian villages. |