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Aulic councilAulic Au"lic, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? hall, court, royal
court.]
Pertaining to a royal court.
Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. --Landor.
Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German
empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It
ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by
his successor. It became extinct when the German empire
was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a
council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and
the members of different provincial chanceries of that
empire are called aulic councilors. --P. Cyc. City councilCity Cit"y, a.
Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak.
City council. See under Council.
City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.]
City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a
city. [Obs.] --Fairfax. Council of AncientsAncient An"cient, n.
1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the
moderns.
2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a
person of influence.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
of his people, and the princes thereof. --Isa. iii.
14.
3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . .
were his ancients. --Hooker.
4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of
Court or of Chancery.
Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two
assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795.
--Brande. Councilist
Councilist Coun"cil*ist (koun"s?l-?st), n.
One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.]
I will in three months be an expert counsilist.
--Milton.
councillorCouncilor Coun"cil*or (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed. CouncilmanCouncilman Coun"cil*man (koun`s?l-man), n.; pl. Councilmen
(-men).
A member of a council, especially of the common council of a
city; a councilor. CouncilmenCouncilman Coun"cil*man (koun`s?l-man), n.; pl. Councilmen
(-men).
A member of a council, especially of the common council of a
city; a councilor. CouncilorCouncilor Coun"cil*or (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed. Ecumenical councilEcumenic Ec`u*men"ic, Ecumenical Ec`u*men"ic*al, a. [L.
oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to
inhabit, from ? house, dwelling. See Economy.]
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
[Written also [oe]cumenical.]
Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.
Ecumenical council. See under Council. Vatican Council
Vatican Council Vat"i*can Coun"cil (R. C. Ch.)
The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in
1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.
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