Definition of "conciliar" []

• Of, relating to, or generated by a council: a conciliar appointment made by the governor; conciliar edicts. (adjective)

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• "Like many other great men of his time, he advocated the so-called conciliar theory, that a general council is above the pope."
• "The Eusebians, however, had contested his right to call a conciliar decision in question."
• "In that regard, there is nothing specifically "conciliar" nor post-conciliar about them."