Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff. senate, senatus [Lat.], parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath [G.], rigsdag, cortes [Sp.], storthing†, witenagemote†, junta, divan, musnud†, sanhedrim; classis†; Amphictyonic council†; duma [Rus.], house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag†, volksraad [G.], witan†, caput†, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal &c (tribunal) 966; board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber. cabinet council, privy council; cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general. [formal gathering of members of a council: script] assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle; meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar†, house; quorum; council fire [U.S.], powwow [U.S.], primary [U.S.]. meeting, assemblage &c 72. [person who is member of a council] member; senator; member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman; councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder. V. assemble, gather together, meet (assemblage) 72; confer, caucus, hold council; huddle [Coll.]. Adj. senatorial, curule†; congressional, parliamentary; legislative, law-making; regulatory; deliberative.