conciliar

[kuh n-sil-ee-er]

adjective

of, relating to, or issued by a council.

Origin of conciliar

1650–60; < Latin concili(um) council + -ar¹

Related formscon·cil·i·ar·ly, adverbpre·con·cil·i·ar, adjective

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Examples from the Web for conciliar

Historical Examples of conciliar

While churchmen directed the councils of the nation, the conciliar action of the Church ceased altogether.
The English Church in the Middle Ages
William Hunt
The growth of conciliar prerogatives tended to advance the development of papal authority.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church
Alexander Clarence Flick
For the deposition of Eugenius was either a rightful and valid exercise of conciliar authority or it was not.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
Various
The history of medival heresy takes us as far as the Conciliar movement.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition
A. S. Turberville
Their heroic attempt to secure reform from withinmade in the great Conciliar movementdefinitely failed.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition
A. S. Turberville

British Dictionary definitions for conciliar

conciliar

adjective

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

Derived Formsconciliarly, adverb

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