conciliabule

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.

Noun[edit]

conciliabule (plural conciliabules)

  1. An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
    • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity[1]:
      That Council of Pisa rose in imposing superiority above these secluded and fugitive conciliabules

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.si.lja.byl/
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Noun[edit]

conciliabule m (plural conciliabules)

  1. consultation, meeting; confab

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