Usually means: Advisory body to the government.
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noun:  A council of state is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction.
noun:  the privy council of the Kingdom of Denmark.
noun:  a body established by the Constitution of Ireland to advise the President of Ireland in the exercise of many of their discretionary, reserve powers.
noun:  a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the government and States General that officially consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic or military experience.
noun:  a body established by the Portuguese Constitution to advise the President of the Republic in the exercise of many of his or her discretionary powers.
noun:  The Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People's Power.
noun:  The (Majlis ad-Dawla al-ʿUmāniyyi) the upper house of the Council of Oman.
noun:  the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece.
noun:  The (Dutch: ; ; ) the supreme administrative court of Belgium.
noun:  the highest administrative court in the Republic of Turkey and is located in Ankara.
noun:  The Consiglio di Stato ('Council of State') is a legal-administrative consultative body that ensures the legality of public administration in Italy.
noun:  The Council of State of the Philippines is an advisory body composed primarily of senior statesmen who act as advisors to the President of the Philippines, who is both head of state and head of government, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
noun:  (of Congress Kingdom of Poland) an important state institution of Poland that existed in the 19th century.
noun:  The National Council of States is an organ of the Nigerian Government.
noun:  a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister, and functions as the collective decision-making organ constituting the executive branch of the Kingdom.
noun:  The Council of State of Colombia is the supreme tribunal with jurisdiction over administrative issues in Colombia.
noun:  the upper house of the legislature for British India (the Imperial Legislative Council) created by the Government of India Act 1919 from the old Imperial Legislative Council, implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms.
noun:  The Council of State in Ghana is a small body of prominent citizens, analogous to the Council of Elders in the traditional political system, which advises the president on national issues.
noun:  In Sweden since 1975, a (Swedish: Konselj) a special cabinet meeting chaired by the Head of State.
noun:  a body established by the East Timorese Constitution to advise the President of the Republic in the exercise of many of his or her discretionary powers.
noun:  the constitutional authority of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.
noun:  (Ottoman Turkish: Şûrâ-yı Devlet, شوراى دولت) the high judiciary institution in the Ottoman Empire that corresponds to the present-day Council of State of Turkey.

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