religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days
caucus
Noun
a closed political meeting
caucus
Verb
to meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
conclave
Noun
a confidential or secret meeting
church school
Noun
a private religious school run by a church or parish
council
Noun
a meeting of people for consultation
council
Noun
a body serving in an administrative capacity
council
Noun
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
city council
Noun
a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.
correspondence school
Noun
a school that teaches nonresident students by mail
customs union
Noun
an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
community college
Noun
a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community
central bank
Noun
a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government
committee
Noun
a special group delegated to consider some matter
committee
Noun
a self-constituted organization to promote something
citizens committee
Noun
a self-constituted organization to promote something
credit bureau
Noun
a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee
commercial agency
Noun
an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms
court of appeals
Noun
a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
circuit court of appeals
Noun
one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
court of assize
Noun
the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
court of assize and nisi prius
Noun
the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)
court of chancery
Noun
a court with jurisdiction in equity
consistory
Noun
a church tribunal or governing body
criminal court
Noun
a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
court of domestic relations
Noun
a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
chamber of commerce
Noun
an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests
civil service
Noun
government workers
county council
Noun
the elected governing body of a county
corps diplomatique
Noun
the body of diplomatic personnel
chosen
Noun
an exclusive group of people
chosen
Noun
one who is the object of choice
comprehensive school
Noun
a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
composite school
Noun
a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
clerisy
Noun
an educated and intellectual elite
culturati
Noun
people interested in culture and cultural activities
clientele
Noun
customers collectively
commune
Noun
a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
commune
Noun
the smallest administrative district of several European countries
commune
Verb
to communicate intimately with
commune
Verb
to receive Communion, in the Catholic church
cavalry
Noun
a highly mobile army unit
cavalry
Noun
troops trained to fight on horseback
catena
Noun
a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)
celestial hierarchy
Noun
the collective body of angels
commando
Noun
an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
commando
Noun
a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
class structure
Noun
the organization of classes within a society
caste system
Noun
a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity