conciliabule
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.
Noun
conciliabule (plural conciliabules)
- An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
- That Council of Pisa rose in imposing superiority above these secluded and fugitive conciliabules
References
- “conciliabule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.si.lja.byl/
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Further reading
- “conciliabule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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