English

Adjective

conciliar ‎(comparative more conciliar, superlative most conciliar)

1. Pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 560:

     The next few years saw increasing tension between those wishing to develop this conciliar mechanism and successive popes seeking to build on the papacy's newly restored integrity.

   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 347:

     This was the era which witnessed the beginnings of the conciliar movement, which sought to subordinate the papacy to the decisions of Church Councils.

Derived terms

• conciliarism
• conciliarist
• conciliarly

Spanish

Adjective

conciliar m, f ‎(plural conciliares)

1. Of or pertaining to a council

Noun

conciliar m ‎(plural conciliares)

1. councilor, member of a council

Verb

conciliar ‎(first-person singular present concilio, first-person singular preterite concilié, past participle conciliado)

Etymology

From Latin conciliāre

1. to conciliate, to make calm

   conciliar el sueño - "get to sleep"

Conjugation

See also

• apaciguar