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council of state

noun

  1. a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of council of state1

First recorded in 1605–15
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A candidate in the upcoming Portuguese presidential elections has announced recently that he would like to have Ronaldo on his Council of State if elected, but that can be ruled out.

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However, its strict anti-immigration policies remain and a ruling earlier this year by the Council of State, France's highest court for administration, confirmed it could be considered “extreme right”.

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The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated definitions to better understand the tick-borne disease.

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He pointed to intransigence by Dbeibah, Hifter, speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives Agila Saleh and by Mohamed Takala, president of the High Council of State which has played a key role over the country’s election laws.

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He was chairman of the Council of State Governments, a nonpartisan policy and advocacy group, in 1996.

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