See counseil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"council"
],
[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"assembly",
"assembly"
],
[
"church council",
"church council"
],
[
"council",
"council"
],
[
"deciding",
"decide"
],
[
"ecclesiastical",
"ecclesiastical"
],
[
"business",
"business"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A council, meeting, or assembly:",
"A body of advisors to a head of state (or occasionally bishop)"
],
"links": [
[
"council",
"council"
],
[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"assembly",
"assembly"
],
[
"body",
"body"
],
[
"advisor",
"advisor"
],
[
"head of state",
"head of state"
],
[
"bishop",
"bishop#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A council, meeting, or assembly:",
"A city council; a municipal governmental council."
],
"links": [
[
"council",
"council"
],
[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"assembly",
"assembly"
],
[
"city council",
"city council"
],
[
"municipal",
"municipal"
],
[
"governmental",
"governmental"
],
[
"council",
"council"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A council, meeting, or assembly:",
"A consultation; an informal meeting for advice or decision."
],
"links": [
[
"council",
"council"
],
[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"assembly",
"assembly"
],
[
"consultation",
"consultation"
],
[
"informal",
"informal"
],
[
"meeting",
"meeting"
],
[
"advice",
"advice"
],
[
"decision",
"decision"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Christianity",
"enm:Theology"
],
"glosses": [
"Advice or recommendation:",
"An optional recommendation from the Bible."
],
"links": [
[
"Advice",
"advice"
],
[
"recommendation",
"recommendation"
],
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"theology",
"theology"
],
[
"optional",
"optional"
],
[
"recommendation",
"recommendation"
],
[
"Bible",
"Bible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Advice or recommendation:",
"(Christianity, theology) An optional recommendation from the Bible."
],
"topics": [
"Christianity",
"lifestyle",
"religion",
"theology"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Advice or recommendation:",
"Judiciousness; the capability to make good judgements."
],
"links": [
[
"Advice",
"advice"
],
[
"recommendation",
"recommendation"
],
[
"Judiciousness",
"judiciousness"
],
[
"capability",
"capability"
],
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"judgement",
"judgement"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A counsellor or advisor (especially legal)."
],
"links": [
[
"counsellor",
"counsellor"
],
[
"advisor",
"advisor"
],
[
"legal",
"legal#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English collective nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A counsellor or advisor (especially legal).",
"One's legal advisors."
],
"links": [
[
"counsellor",
"counsellor"
],
[
"advisor",
"advisor"
],
[
"legal",
"legal#English"
],
[
"legal",
"legal"
],
[
"advisor",
"advisor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"A counsellor or advisor (especially legal).",
"(collective) One's legal advisors."
],
"tags": [
"collective"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One's decision, intent, or will (especially secret)."
],
"links": [
[
"decision",
"decision"
],
[
"intent",
"intent"
],
[
"will",
"will"
],
[
"secret",
"secret#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A secret; something kept concealed or hidden."
],
"links": [
[
"secret",
"secret"
],
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"hidden",
"hidden"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A crowd or gathering of people."
],
"links": [
[
"crowd",
"crowd"
],
[
"gather",
"gather"
],
[
"people",
"people"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A crowd or gathering of people."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˈsæi̯l/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kunˈsæi̯l/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˈsiːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kunˈsiːl/",
"note": "in the Cursor Mundi",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkuːnsɛl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkunsɛl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-il/",
"note": "with stress shift"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cursor Mundi"
],
"word": "counseil"
}
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