Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aulic \Au"lic\, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? hall, court, royal
   court.]
   Pertaining to a royal court.

         Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. --Landor.

   {Aulic council} (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German
      empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It
      ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by
      his successor. It became extinct when the German empire
      was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a
      council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and
      the members of different provincial chanceries of that
      empire are called aulic councilors. --P. Cyc.

Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
   concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
   and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often
   confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
   1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
      deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
      consultation in a critical case.

   2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
      advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
      council; a city council.

            An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

            Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council
            called by night.                      --Milton.

            O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.

   {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}.

   {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}.

   {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government,
      usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
      council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.

   {Common council}. See under {Common}.

   {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a
      council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
      deliberation.

   {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council
      meets.

   {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
      Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.

   {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank,
      called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
      measures or importance or nesessity.

   {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
      divines convened from the whole body of the church to
      regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.

   {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the
      chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
      

   {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature,
      usually called the senate.

   {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.]

   Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
        convention; convocation; synod.