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(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
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(politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
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(politics) A member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister.
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(politics) A government that rules temporarily, for example after a motion of no confidence in a parliamentary system.
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Relating to, or containing, a census.
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(non-native speakers' English, chiefly used by Dutch speakers) commissioner
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Of or relating to a council, particularly with respect to municipal government; issued by a council.
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(obsolete) Any town or city council.
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A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
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In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor
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Of or pertaining to a councilman or councilwoman; pertaining to a (municipal or other) councilor, particularly to the district they represent.
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US standard spelling of councillor. [A member of a council.]
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The lower house of the Irish parliament
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The body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries.
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(politics, Internet) A minister responsible for e-government policy.
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(US, historical) The Executive Committee of the National Security Council: a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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(government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.
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(Canada, often in plural) The prime minister or a provincial or territorial premier.
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The cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
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(UK politics) The British cabinet minister who heads the Foreign Office and is responsible for Britain's relations and dealings with other countries. Official full title: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
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(politics) chief political negotiator for formal talks that are intended to lead to the formation of a cabinet, particularly in one of the Benelux countries
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(historical) The office of the Führer.
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(Canada) The official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of certain Canadian provinces.
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Alternative form of house of assembly [(politics) Especially in current or former countries of the Commonwealth of Nations and in former British colonies, the official meeting place of elected legislators (usually the lower house of a bicameral legislature) where laws are debated and enacted.]
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(Canada, politics) The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.
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The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament.
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The (often informal) inner circle within a cabinet (which may itself by an official inner circle within a government or council of ministers) which includes only the ministers (or secretaries of state etc.) who are closest to the executive head of state, prime minister or equivalent (notably presiding) officer
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(politics) a member of a legislative body who holds a position in government below cabinet level, i.e. reporting to the head of a department, not the prime minister or head of government
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A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
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The office or position of a legislator.
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The lower house of the Parliament of Republic of India.
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The head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers.
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(government) The position held by a minister
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Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
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(politics) a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.
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The municipal government / municipality
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(politics) The quasi-lower house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.
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Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
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Obsolete form of parliament. [(now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.]
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(now chiefly historical) A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
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The building in which a National (or State) Parliament convenes.
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(colloquial, now rare) A plenipotentiary.
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(colloquial) prime minister
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The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
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A republic in which executive power is vested in the president
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A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.
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The office of a prime minister.
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(historical) The district under proconsul’s government.
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(historical, Ancient Rome) The deputy or substitute for a legate.
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A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
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(India) a public meeting, assembly, or organized group
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(Ireland) The upper house of the Parliament of Ireland.
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A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.
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A house in which a senate meets, or a place of public council.
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A member of the ruler’s council or governing council in general, a leading statesman.
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Relating to a senator.
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(obsolete) Senatorial.
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A governing body in certain universities.
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An assembly of people, each representing a group of activists, who meet to discuss and coordinate their activities and make decisions by consensus.
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(historical) A legislative assembly in the Netherlands until 1795, uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons.
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Alternative form of Storting [The supreme legislature of Norway, the Norwegian parliament.]
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(politics) A minister whose talents or responsibilities go beyond those of an ordinary minister.
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(government) A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
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(Irish politics) Head of the Irish government, comparable to a British or Australian Prime Minister.
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