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council house — noun 1. A house built, owned and rented out by a municipal council 2. A building in which a council meets • • • Main Entry: ↑council * * * council house UK US noun [countable] [singular … Useful english dictionary
council estate — noun An area set apart for council houses • • • Main Entry: ↑council * * * council estate UK US noun [countable] [singular council estate plural council estate … Useful english dictionary
Council house — For other uses, see Council house (disambiguation). Council houses at Hackenthorpe, South Yorkshire A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United… … Wikipedia
council house — n (in Britain) a house provided by a local council at a low rent. Council houses and council flats are mainly occupied by people with lower incomes. The first ones were built after World War I. They are often on council estates, areas with many… … Universalium
council estate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms council estate : singular council estate plural council estates British an area of a city consisting of council houses … English dictionary
council — adj British inferior, of poor quality, shabby. The term, recorded since 2000, is inspired by council estates as a habitat of poor people. ► Those big gold hoop earrings make her look so council. Compare village … Contemporary slang
Council of Florence — The Council of Florence † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Council of Florence The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was, correctly speaking, the continuation of the Council of Ferrara, transferred to the Tuscan capital because of the pest;… … Catholic encyclopedia
Estates of the realm — Cleric, Knight, and Workman : the three estates in a French medieval illumination The Estates of the realm were the broad social orders of the hierarchically conceived society, recognized in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Christian… … Wikipedia
Estates-General of 1789 — The Estates General (or States General) of 1789 ( fr. Les États Généraux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General, a general assembly consisting of representatives from all but the poorest segment of the French… … Wikipedia
Council, Royal — All medieval English kings required expert advice and administrative assistance to effectively govern the kingdom. The great nobles of the realm considered themselves the monarch’s natural advisors, and the political conflict of the 1450s… … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses