Council.
1. m. Junta or Congress to deal with something.
2. m. collection of the decrees of a Council.
3. m. Board or Conference of bishops and other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church, or of part thereof, to deliberate and decide on matters of dogma and discipline.
Council ecumenical, or Council general.
1. m. Board of Bishops of all the States and kingdoms of Christianity, called legitimately.