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

• conciliarly adverb
• preconciliar adjective

Etymology

Origin of conciliar

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

Example Sentences

The story ran thousands of words, alongside photos of bishops hashing out conciliar documents, bishops at a Roman restaurant, bishops in conversation over coffee and grappa, and bishops streaming into the Piazza San Pietro when their years of work were over.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Y no era que no lo hubiera pensado antes, acostado en su cama muchas noches sin poder conciliar el sueño, cuál habría sido su suerte de haber crecido al lado de su familia biológica.

From New York Times

“With each day grows the salutary thirst in the Russian church for cleansing from that abomination that has accumulated due to the fault of the church authorities; with each day the thirst deepens in the church for authentic conciliar communion.”

From New York Times

All conciliar and other injunctions for enclosure added a saving clause of “manifest necessity” and this gave an opening for an infinite variety of interpretation.

From Project Gutenberg