cabildo
the chapter house of a cathedral.
a town council, especially in Latin America.
a town hall in colonial Spanish America.
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How to use cabildo in a sentence
A few villas or towns had their elective cabildos, or town councils, and a modicum of self government.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonThat might be important to the insurgents,” he admitted; “but where are they to be found—in the cabildos of Los Egidos?
The Bright Shawl | Joseph HergesheimerOn submission of the matter to a vote of the cabildos, most of them approved reunion with the northern neighbor.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World | William R. ShepherdSoriano, Maldonado, Colonia and other places were subject to military commands and also had their own cabildos.
The Oriental Republic of Uruguay at the World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 1893 | Carlos Maria de PenaThey were governed by Cabildos, and these in turn obeyed the local leader, who was raised to dictatorship over the districts.
The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic | Ernesto Quesada
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