council housen.
1.
a. A house in which a council meets for deliberation; in Scotland and elsewhere, a common name for a town-hall.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room
moot-houseOE
moot hall1305
council house1393
chamber1428
council-chamberc1515
session-house1599
camera1658
council-hall1683
council-room1774
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 181 That none but he be wepenles Shall come into the counseil hous.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16094 Pilate..ȝede in to þe parlour: þat was a counsel hous badde.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxv. 23 Agrippa and Bernice..entrede into the counsell housse with the captaynes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 36 The subtile traitor Had this day plotted in the councell house, To murder me. View more context for this quotation
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 32 On the west side which faces the cathedral, is the councel-house.
1890 What to see in Birmingham 6 The Council House.
b. † counsel-house-man n. Obsolete a town-councillor.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor
portman1346–7
commoner1384
burgessc1390
common-councilmana1637
councilman1659
corporator1670
gownsman1675
counsel-house-man1697
town councillor1731
1697 London Gaz. No. 3338/3 Coventry Nov. 1 The Mayor..Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Counsel-House-Men..met at St. Mary's Hall.
1715 London Gaz. No. 5377/1 An humble Address of the Mayor..Aldermen, Sheriffs..Council-house-men..and Inhabitants of the City of Coventry.
c. A house used by North American Indians when in council. U.S.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room > in foreign country > native American
state house1624
council house1751
1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 50 We alighted at the council house, where the chiefs were already assembled to receive us.
1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 112 It [sc. the lodge] serves as a council-house for the nation.
a1927 F. M. Canton Frontier Trails (1930) 64 Sharp Nose wanted to have a talk with me in the council house at the agency.
1967 W. N. Fenton in E. Tooker Iroquois Culture 12 The Council House of the Seneca Nation.
2. A dwelling-house erected by a council (council n. 10).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house owned by public authorities
council house1923
state house1937
1923 Oxf. Times 14 Sept. 16/5 When the time came for plumbers to get on with the Council houses.
1929 Times 29 Jan. 8/1 The Reigate Rural District Council are now insisting on building a street of council houses along one of the most beautiful lanes in Surrey.
1955 Times 13 May 15/4 The politics of the council house tenant, the artisan, the trade unionist.
1970 New Statesman 23 Oct. 512/1 Tory ministers were permitted various peripheral initiatives, on..council house sales, and the like.
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