The Latin equivalent of COUNCIL, occasionally used in technical language.
1834. Sir W. Hamilton, Discuss. (1852), 369. It is inexpedient to allow the choice of academical teachers to the professors themselves, be it either to the whole Concilium, or to the several faculties.
1846. Grote, Greece, II. iii. (1849), II. 397. Lastly there was the general concilium and religious festival held periodically at Koroneia.
1858. Bushnell, Nat. & Supernat., iv. (1864), 97. But here we have a grand concilium, or republic of wills, acting each for himself.
