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Council of the Yaroslavichi at Vyshgorod (1072)
The Council of the Yaroslavichi at Vyshgorod (Съезд в Вышгороде) was a 1072 congress of the three elder sons of Yaroslav the Wise at Vyshgorod near Kiev.
Council of Three
The Council of Three (Rada Trzech) was a three-member body acting as head of state of the Polish government-in-exile from 1954 to 1972, founded by Władysław Anders, Tomasz Arciszewski, and Edward Raczyński.
Council of Timna
The Council of Timna was the tribal council of the ancient kingdom of Qatabān, seated at its capital Tamnaʿ in Yemen, where it shared legislative power with the king.
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, the nineteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, met at Trent from 1545 to 1563 to define Catholic doctrine against the Protestant Reformers.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan American think tank and membership organization founded in 1921, headquartered in New York, and publisher of Foreign Affairs magazine.
Council Tax
Council tax is the local property tax on dwellings in England, Scotland, and Wales, introduced in 1993 under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to replace the poll tax. Properties sit in bands A–H (A–I in Wales) based on 1991 (England/Scotland) or 2003 (Wales) values, with means-tested Council Tax Reduction for low incomes.
Councillor
A councillor, also called a councilmember, is an elected member of a local council who represents a ward's residents, develops policy, and scrutinizes decisions across Commonwealth local government.
Counseling psychology
Counseling psychology, an APA-recognized health service specialty (Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology), emphasizes strengths, development, prevention, and career issues, contrasting with clinical psychology's focus on psychopathology; both share licensure in all 50 U.S. states.
Counselor to the President
Counselor to the President (White House Counsel, formally Counsel to the President) is the White House Office's chief lawyer: advises the president, vets appointments, handles ethics and DOJ liaison, and serves the office of the presidency rather than the individual.
Counsels of Wisdom
The Counsels of Wisdom (Akkadian Ummānu māršu imallik) is a Babylonian wisdom composition of about 150 verses, probably composed around 1200–1100 BCE and popular as a school text.
Count
Count: European noble title from Latin comes, "companion"; equivalent to English earl. A Roman court office, then a Frankish royal official heading a pagus, later a hereditary feudal rank below duke and marquess.
Count Binface
Count Binface, satirical candidate created by comedian Jonathan David Harvey (formerly Lord Buckethead), contests UK elections in a bin-helmet costume under the Count Binface Party. Best results: 92,896 London mayoral votes 2021; 2026 Clacton by-election challenger to Nigel Farage.
Count Dracula
Count Dracula is the vampire aristocrat of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic novel Dracula, named from Wilkinson's Wallachia book, loosely tied to Vlad the Impaler, and among the most-filmed literary characters.
Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston (Феликс Феликсович Сумароков-Эльстон)
Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston (Феликс Феликсович Сумароков-Эльстон), Prince Yusupov (1856–1928), Russian general who briefly commanded Moscow in 1915, married the Yusupov heiress, and died in exile in Rome.
Count of St. Germain
The Count of St. Germain, or Comte de Saint-Germain (c. 1710–1784), was a European courtier and diplomat of unknown origin, later venerated as an immortal Ascended Master.
Count of Toulouse
Count of Toulouse (comte de Toulouse), hereditary ruler of the great southern French county from Carolingian times under the Raimondin counts of Saint-Gilles; ended when Alphonse de Poitiers and Jeanne de Toulouse died heirless in 1271, incorporating it into the French royal domain.
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, was the program of doctrinal definition, disciplinary reform, and re-evangelization by which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Reformation, centered on the Council of Trent (1545–1563).
Counter-Reformation in Bohemia
The Counter-Reformation in Bohemia, known in Czech as rekatolizace, was the Habsburg-led program that turned overwhelmingly Protestant Bohemia Catholic between the 1620 Battle of White Mountain and the 1781 Toleration Patent.
Counter-Reformation in Poland–Lithuania
The Counter-Reformation in Poland–Lithuania was the Catholic campaign, backed by the Commonwealth's monarchs and Jesuits from 1564, to reverse Protestant Reformation gains from the mid-16th century.
Counter-Reforms of 1889–1892
The Counter-Reforms of 1889–1892 (Контрреформы 1889–1892 годов) were legislative acts of Alexander III's government that limited the Great Reforms, introducing land captains and restricting zemstvo and city elections.
Counter-Terrorism Committee and Resolution 1373 regime
The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is a UN Security Council body monitoring all states' implementation of Resolution 1373, adopted unanimously under Chapter VII in 2001 after the 11 September attacks.
Counter-Terrorism Committee engagement with regional organizations and partners
The Counter-Terrorism Committee engages regional and international partners through special meetings, working relationships, and facilitation of technical assistance, beginning with a 2003 New York meeting.
Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) is the UN Security Council special political mission supporting the Counter-Terrorism Committee; established by resolution 1535 (2004), it conducts confidential country assessments and facilitates technical assistance, with a mandate extended to 5 January 2029.
Counter-Terrorism Committee policy guidance and best-practice instruments
Non-binding policy guidance and best-practice instruments issued by the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee, including the CTED Technical Guide and the Algeria Guiding Principles, which impose no new legal obligations.
Counter-Terrorism Strike Force
Counter-Terrorism Strike Force (CTSF, قوة مكافحة الإرهاب), an anti-Hamas Palestinian militia founded 21 August 2025 in Qizan an-Najjar, Khan Yunis, led by former PA security officer Hossam al-Astal; about 40 fighters, split from Popular Forces, reportedly backed by Israel's Shin Bet.
Counterculture
Counterculture: the youth-based cultural dissent movement of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, also called the hippie movement, opposing dominant social norms through communes, food co-ops, rock music, and antiwar protest; it peaked in the late 1960s and ended with the Vietnam War in 1975.
Counterculture of the 1960s
The counterculture of the 1960s (also called the hippie movement) was an alternative youth lifestyle of drugs, communal living, protest, and rock music centered on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, peaking with the 1967 Summer of Love and fading by 1973.
Counterfactual conditional
Counterfactual conditional: a subjunctive "if A were the case, B would be" sentence, also called a subjunctive conditional. Evaluated by Lewis–Stalnaker possible-worlds similarity semantics; false antecedents defeat material implication; underlies counterfactual theories of causation.
Counterfeit
Counterfeit: unauthorized imitation of a product or trademark passed off as genuine, distinct from pirated copyrighted content. OECD/EUIPO estimate about USD 467 billion, 2.3% of world trade in 2021, mostly from China, shifting to small-parcel e-commerce.
Counterfeit money
Counterfeit money is illegally produced currency imitating genuine notes or coins. Covers history, UK/US/euro/Russia incidence figures, detection methods, and laws like the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.