Council

A Council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance.

Examples:

• A City council or other Council in the system of Local Government in the United Kingdom, for example .
• The United Nations Security Council
• The United States Council on Foreign Relations
• The United Kingdom's Privy Council
• The common revolutionary organisation Workers' Councils
• Councils within European Union:
  • Council of the European Union
  • European Council

Other definitions:

• Council of Europe is an international organisation.
• In the United Kingdom it refers to the Municipality.
• In the Boy Scouts of America, councils are divisions within the National Council.
• Certain Synods are known as Ecumenical councils.