cabildo

noun

ca·​bil·​do

kəˈbil(ˌ)dō

plural -s

1

chiefly Southwest : the chapter house of a cathedral or collegiate church

2

: a town council or a town hall in a country formerly a Spanish colony

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Medieval Latin capitulum, from Latin, small head

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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