cabildos
- plural of cabildo.
Example Sentences
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Many of these early rituals took place within cabildos — Spanish-imposed religious meetings meant to socialize enslaved people into Catholicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
The vocabulary of the protests speaks to the people: Neighbors are discussing solutions at cabildos, or town hall–style meetings, and on Oct.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2019
A large bureaucracy administered the affairs of its church and state, and the only elected bodies were local town councils, or cabildos.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
These cabildos had no legislative jurisdiction, but superintended the execution of the laws within their districts and regulated all minor local matters.
On submission of the matter to a vote of the cabildos, most of them approved reunion with the northern neighbor.
From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)
