…an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly…
…an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly…
…an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly…
…a tax levied on households by local authorities in Britain, based on the estimated value of a property and the number of people living in it…
…a body established in the UK in 1953 to raise and maintain professional standards among journalists…
…a body of advisers appointed by a sovereign or a Governor General (now chiefly on an honorary basis and including present and former government ministers)…
…(especially in the UK) the elected governing body in a municipality…
…(in the UK) one of a number of statutory bodies, now abolished, consisting of workers‘ and employers’ representatives responsible for determining wages in particular industries…
…a group of employees representing a workforce in discussions with their employers…
…an organization established in 1934 with the aims of promoting a wider knowledge of Britain and the English language abroad, and of developing closer cultural relations with other countries…
…a town or city council, now only in London and some parts of Canada and the US…
…an industrial and commercial city in southwestern Iowa, on the Missouri River, opposite Omaha in Nebraska; population 59,536 (est. 2008)…
…an area of houses built and rented out to tenants by a local council…
…(in the UK) the elected governing body of an administrative county…
…any of five general councils of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, and 1512–17. The council of 1215 condemned the Albigenses as heretical and clarified the Church doctrine on transubstantiation, the Trinity, and the Incarnation…
…each of two general councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in 1869–70 and 1962-5. The first (Vatican I) proclaimed the infallibility of the Pope when speaking ex cathedra; the second (Vatican II) made numerous reforms, abandoning the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledging ecumenism…
…a negotiating body for discussing and settling matters of industrial relations, pay and conditions, and related issues…
…a grouping of the heads of government of the European Union countries, inaugurated in 1975, which meets two or three times a year…
…a permanent body of the United Nations seeking to maintain peace and security. It consists of fifteen members, of which five (China, France, the UK, the US, and Russia) are permanent and have the power of veto. The other members are elected for two-year terms…
…an association of European states founded in 1949 to safeguard the political and cultural heritage of Europe and promote economic and social cooperation. One of the Council’s principal achievements is the European Convention on Human Rights…
…(in the UK) in the reign of a king, the term for Queen in Council.…
…a sovereign’s order on an administrative matter, given on the advice of the Privy Council…
…(in the UK) the Privy Council as issuing Orders in Council or receiving petitions when the reigning monarch is a queen…
…an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 in Trento in Italy. Prompted by the opposition of the Reformation, the council clarified and redefined the Church’s doctrine, abolished many ecclesiastical abuses, and strengthened the authority of the papacy. These measures provided the Church with a solid foundation for the Counter-Reformation…
…the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held at Chalcedon in 451. It condemned the Monophysite position and affirmed the dual but united nature of Christ as god and man…
…an administrative body that advises the chief executive or head of state…
…a political party in Northern Ireland seeking to maintain the union with Britain. Founded in 1905, the UUC is regarded as being more moderate than the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party…
…(in the US) a body created by Congress after the Second World War to advise the President (who chairs it) on issues relating to national security in domestic, foreign, and military policy…
…an association established in 1948 to promote unity among the many different Christian Churches. Its member Churches number over 300, and include virtually all Christian traditions except Roman Catholicism and Unitarianism. Its headquarters are in Geneva…
…(in the UK) the cabinet minister presiding at the Privy Council…
…(in the UK) a court made up of members of the House of Lords and others, which considers appeals made to the Sovereign in Council concerning decisions of some Commonwealth courts outside the UK…
…(in Australia) a body presided over by the Governor General or Governor and consisting of ministers of the Crown, which gives legal form to cabinet decisions…
…(chiefly in the UK) an administrative division of local government established in place of, or as an alternative to, a two-tier system of local councils…
…the policymaking body of the European Economic Community…
