A meeting, an assembly of people, esp. one for judicial or legislative purposes. Also: a place where a meeting is held.

An assembly or meeting for consultation or advice, as a council of physicians; a deliberative assembly.

A deliberative meeting or body, a conference, an assembly. Obsolete.

A meeting; esp. a session of a court, guild, etc.; an assembly. Obsolete.

esp. A gathering of persons for the purpose of deliberation and decision; a deliberative body, a legislative council.

A meeting of councillors, a council: spec. that of the Roman Emperors; so, poetically of the Olympian deities, etc. Obsolete exc. Historical or poetic…

The building in which a deliberative assembly not of a nation or state meets; spec. the assembly of a guild or municipal corporation; any of the…

Frequently with capital initial. The supreme executive legislature of the United Kingdom, consisting… Successive assemblies of the members of this…

An assembly or gathering of persons for some common object; esp. a formal assembly met for deliberation or legislation on important matters…

A synodal assembly, a synod. Obsolete.

gen. and transferred. An assembly, convention, or council of any kind. Also figurative.

A judicial or representative assembly, a council, a congress; spec. the Sanhedrin of ancient Israel.

The action of convening; convention.

A meeting; an assembly (in England before the Norman Conquest) for judicial or legislative purposes. See also witenagemot, n.

A body of people who sit together, an assembly; esp. a council of church elders. Cf. consessor, n.

a council that has the power to legislate; a national, state, or provincial legislature; spec. (in some Commonwealth countries, now esp. Australia…

An assembly consisting of representatives of all parts of a nation; an elected house of legislature in any of various countries.

a general or common council.

The Latin equivalent of council, n., occasionally used in technical language.

In Maori society: an assembly or council.