conciliar

American  

[kuhn-sil-ee-er] / kənˈsɪl i ər /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or issued by a council.

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conciliar British  

/ kənˈsɪlɪə /

adjective

1. of, from, or by means of a council, esp an ecclesiastical one

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Other Word Forms

• preconciliar
  adjective
• conciliarly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of conciliar

1650–60; < Latin concili ( um ) council + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

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conciliar

After the conclusion of the Great Schism, some attempts were made to resolve such doubts and misgivings by granting more authority to councils of clergy rather than popes through the conciliar movement.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

As a peritus during the Vatican Council, Baum was responsible for much of the language of Nostra aetate, a conciliar declaration meant to reset relations between Catholics, Jews, and other religious groups.

From Time ● Oct. 30, 2017

For the first time in history, observers from Protestant and Orthodox churches not only sat in attendance at the debates, but were also consulted by the prelates responsible for shaping conciliar decrees.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the exciting conciliar years 1962-65, Catholic publishing enjoyed a remarkable boom that inspired what Cross Currents Editor Joseph Cunneen calls "unreal expectations."

From Time Magazine Archive

The ecclesiastical court resides in Vigan, where there is also a cathedral church; and a conciliar seminary which has been, until the present, directed by the religious of St. Augustine.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair