Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| amphictyon | (Hist.) a delegate to a council of an amphictyony, a group of states sharing common shrine (eg the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
| amphictyonic | applied to the ancient Greek council of state-deputies. |
| amphictyony | a group of states sharing common shrine (eg the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
| ayuntamiento | (Spanish) a municipal council. |
| baraza | (Swahili) in E. Africa, a public meeting-place. |
| boule | (Greek) in ancient Greece, a council or senate. |
| bundist | a member of a bund, a confederacy. |
| cabildo | (Spanish) a town council. |
| camarilla | (Spanish) a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; a cabal. |
| caucus | a meeting or group of members of a political party formed to nominate candidates or delegates (verb) to hold a caucus |
| collegium | (Lat.) a college of cardinals. |
| comitadji | (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla. |
| conciliar | of or pertaining to (esp ecclesiastical) councils. |
| conciliarly | (Adv.) CONCILIAR, pertaining to ecclesiastical councils. |
| conciliary | of or pertaining to (esp ecclesiastical) councils. |
| congress | an assembly of delegates, specialists, ambassadors, etc for the discussion or settlement of problems; (verb) to meet in congress. |
| consigliere | in Italy, a member of a council; a member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser or aide to the leader or to other members. |
| consulta | (Ital.) a meeting of council. |
| convener | a person who convenes a meeting. |
| convenor | a person who convenes a meeting. |
| council | a group of persons appointed for a certain function. |
| councillor | a member of a council. |
| councilor | (US) a member of a council. |
| dietine | a minor or local diet, assembly. |
| douma | (Russian) the Russian parliament. |
| dumaist | (Russian) a member of the duma, the Russian parliament. |
| ecclesia | (Lat.) the public legislative assembly of the Athenians. |
| feis | (Irish) an ancient Irish assembly for the proclamation of laws etc. |
| folkmoot | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
| folkmot | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
| folkmote | (OE) an assembly of the people among the Old English. |
| gemot | (Hist.) an Anglo-Saxon legislative assembly. |
| gemote | (OE) an Anglo-Saxon legislative assembly. |
| indaba | (Zulu) a tribal conference in southern Africa. |
| inquorate | of the attendance at a meeting, not making up a quorum. |
| jamaat | (Arabic) an Islamic council or assembly. |
| jirga | (Pushtu) in Afghanistan, a council of tribal headsmen. |
| junta | (Spanish) a group, esp one made of military officers, ruling a country after a coup. |
| junto | (Spanish) a group, esp one made of military officers, ruling a country after a coup. |
| kabele | (Amharic) a self-governing association found in towns in Ethiopia. |
| kebele | (Amharic) a self-governing association found in towns in Ethiopia. |
| kgotla | (Bantu) a Botswanan assembly. |
| knesset | (Hebrew) a parliament esp Israel's Parliament. |
| komitaji | (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla. |
| korero | (Maori) talk, discussion; (verb) to talk, converse. |
| lekgotla | (Bantu) a Botswanan assembly. |
| majlis | (Arabic) an assembly or council in various N. African and Middle Eastern countries. |
| marae | (Maori) a meeting-place. |
| mejlis | (Arabic) an assembly or council in various N. African and Middle Eastern countries. |
| panchayat | (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
| panhellenion | a council representing all the sections of the Greeks. |
| panhellenium | a council representing all the sections of the Greeks. |
| parishad | (Hindi) an Indian assembly. |
| pawaw | (Am. Ind.) a conference between American Indians; (verb) to hold such a conference. |
| powwow | (Am. Ind.) a conference between American Indians; (verb) to hold such a conference. |
| praesidium | (Lat.) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union. |
| presidium | (Lat.) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union. |
| runanga | (Maori) an assembly or council. |
| samithi | (Hindi) in India, an organisation or committee of workers. |
| samiti | (Hindi) in India, an organisation or committee of workers. |
| sederunt | (Lat.) a prolonged sitting (as for discussion). |
| septemvir | (Lat.) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| soviet | (Russian) any of a number of elected local, district, or national councils in the former USSR with legislative and executive functions. |
| sovietic | of or like a soviet. |
| stannator | one of the members of the Stannary Parliament. |
| summiteer | a participant in summit conferences. |
| summitry | the practice of holding summit conferences. |
| tiriti | (Maori) another name for the Treaty of Waitangi. |
| ujamaa | (Swahili) in Tanzania, a form of village community resembling the Israeli kibbutz. |
| volksraad | (Afrikaans) a legislative assembly, esp (with cap.) that of the Transvaal or Orange Free State. |
| wapenschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wapenshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wapinschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wapinshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wappenschaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wappenshaw | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| wappenshawing | (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field when required. |
| witenagemote | (OE) an early English national council. |
| zemstvo | (Russian) an elected local administrative council in Czarist Russia. |
| zupa | (Serbian) in early Serbia, a confederation of villages, governed by a zupan. |
| zupan | (Serbian) the body governing a zupa, a federation of Serbian villages. |