conciliabule

English

Alternative forms

• conciliable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conciliābulum.

Noun

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

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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Noun

conciliabule m (plural conciliabules)

1. consultation, meeting; confab

Further reading

• “conciliabule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.