n. [ L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council. ] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. conciliable. ] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Conciliable, n. ] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
n. [ L. conciliatio. ] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. [ 1913 Webster ]
The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conciliatory. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who conciliates. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. [ 1913 Webster ]
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]