cabildo

noun
ca·​bil·​do | \ kəˈbil(ˌ)dō\
plural -s

Definition of cabildo

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

First Known Use of cabildo

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 2

History and Etymology for cabildo

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

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