cabildo

[ kah-veel-daw; English kuh-bil-doh ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural ca·bil·dos [kah-, veel, -, th, aws, k, uh, -, bil, -dohz].

1. the chapter house of a cathedral.
2. a town council, especially in Latin America.
3. a town hall in colonial Spanish America.

Example Sentences

The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.

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Inasmuch as that church has no cabildo, the task of its government devolved upon me, as does likewise that of Nueva Segovia.

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Visitation of the ecclesiastical cabildo, clergy of Manila, and province of Pampanga.

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Under Spanish rule the Cabildo system worked extremely well.

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The cabildo of San Miguel de Tucumn was gay with excitement, and brilliantly lighted up.

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