executive council

noun

: a council constituted to advise or share in the functions of a political executive

: a council that exercises supreme executive power

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As head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Safieddine had oversight over the group’s financial and administrative affairs. —

Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 The convention itself took 24 years to negotiate, and decisions often languish in the convention’s governing body, the OPCW’s executive council. —

Amy E. Smithson, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2013 Allowing Assad to cherry-pick those who come from countries friendly to Syria would be disastrous, which is why the OPCW's executive council should waive this right. —

Amy E. Smithson, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2013 As head of Hezbollah's executive council, Safieddine has oversight over Hezbollah's political affairs. —

NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for executive council

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of executive council was in 1775

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