Hebdomadal Council

British  

noun

1. the governing council or senate of Oxford University

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Example Sentences

At Oxford the Hebdomadal Council have suspended the filling of the Professorship of Modern Greek for six months.

From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

Member of Hebdomadal Council makes inaudible speech, apparently on the subject.

From Aspects of Modern Oxford by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)

In his later years he became a member of the new Hebdomadal Council at Oxford, and took considerable part in working the new constitution of the University.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

They formed a Board called the Hebdomadal Council, which initiated all legislation, while the executive was the Vice-Chancellorship, which, though legally elective, was appropriated by the Heads, and passed down their list in order.

From Oxford and Her Colleges by Smith, Goldwin

The Vice-Chancellor and Hebdomadal Council hurried in horror-stricken file down St. Aldates from Carfax.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen