A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
Roget 696:
council,
committee,
subcommittee,
comitia [Lat.],
court,
chamber,
cabinet,
board,
bench,
staff.
senate,
senatus [Lat.],
parliament,
chamber of deputies,
directory,
reichsrath [G.],
rigsdag,
cortes [Sp.],
storthing†,
witenagemote†,
junta,
divan,
musnud†,
sanhedrim;
classis†;
Amphictyonic council†;
duma [Rus.],
house of representatives;
legislative assembly,
legislative council;
riksdag†,
volksraad [G.],
witan†,
caput†,
consistory,
chapter,
syndicate;
court of appeal
etc.
(tribunal)
966;
board of control,
board of works;
vestry;
county council,
local board.
audience chamber,
council chamber,
state chamber.
cabinet council,
privy council;
cockpit,
convocation,
synod,
congress,
convention,
diet,
states-general.
[formal gathering of members of a council: script]
assembly,
caucus,
conclave,
clique,
conventicle;
meeting,
sitting,
seance,
conference,
convention,
exhibition,
session,
palaver,
pourparler,
durbar†,
house;
quorum;
council fire [U.S.],
powwow [U.S.],
primary [U.S.].
meeting,
assemblage
etc.
72.
[person who is member of a council]
member;
senator;
member of parliament,
M. P.;
councilor,
representative of the people;
assemblyman,
congressman;
councilman,
councilwoman,
alderman,
freeholder.
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Roget 747:
scepter,
regalia,
caduceus;
Mercury's rod,
Mercury's staff,
Mercury's wand;
rod of empire,
mace,
fasces†,
wand;
staff,
staff of office;
baton,
truncheon;
flag
etc.
(insignia)
550;
ensign of authority,
emblem of authority,
badge of authority,
insignia of authority.
throne,
chair,
musnud†,
divan,
dais,
woolsack†.
toga,
pall,
mantle,
robes of state,
ermine,
purple.
crown,
coronet,
diadem,
tiara,
cap of maintenance;
decoration;
title
etc.
877;
portfolio.
key,
signet,
seals,
talisman;
helm;
reins
etc.
(means of restraint)
752.
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Roget 215:
support,
ground,
foundation,
base,
basis;
terra firma;
bearing,
fulcrum,
bait [U.S.],
caudex crib†;
point d'appui [Fr.],
pou sto [Gr.],
purchase footing,
hold,
locus standi [Lat.];
landing place,
landing stage;
stage,
platform;
block;
rest,
resting place;
groundwork,
substratum,
riprap,
sustentation,
subvention;
floor
etc.
(basement)
211.
supporter;
aid
etc.
707;
prop,
stand,
anvil,
fulciment†;
cue rest,
jigger;
monkey;
stay,
shore,
skid,
rib,
truss,
bandage;
sleeper;
stirrup,
stilts,
shoe,
sole,
heel,
splint,
lap,
bar,
rod,
boom,
sprit†,
outrigger;
ratlings†.
staff,
stick,
crutch,
alpenstock,
baton,
staddle†;
bourdon†,
cowlstaff†,
lathi†,
mahlstick†.
post,
pillar,
shaft,
thill†,
column,
pilaster;
pediment,
pedicle;
pedestal;
plinth,
shank,
leg,
socle†,
zocle†;
buttress,
jamb,
mullion,
abutment;
baluster,
banister,
stanchion;
balustrade;
headstone;
upright;
door post,
jamb,
door jamb.
frame,
framework;
scaffold,
skeleton,
beam,
rafter,
girder,
lintel,
joist,
travis†,
trave†,
corner stone,
summer,
transom;
rung,
round,
step,
sill;
angle rafter,
hip rafter;
cantilever,
modillion†;
crown post,
king post;
vertebra.
columella†,
backbone;
keystone;
axle,
axletree;
axis;
arch,
mainstay.
trunnion,
pivot,
rowlock†;
peg
etc.
(pendency)
214†;
tiebeam
etc.
(fastening)
45;
thole pin†.
board,
ledge,
shelf,
hob,
bracket,
trevet†,
trivet,
arbor,
rack;
mantel,
mantle piece [Fr.],
mantleshelf†;
slab,
console;
counter,
dresser;
flange,
corbel;
table,
trestle;
shoulder;
perch;
horse;
easel,
desk;
clotheshorse,
hatrack;
retable;
teapoy†.
seat,
throne,
dais;
divan,
musnud†;
chair,
bench,
form,
stool,
sofa,
settee,
stall;
arm chair,
easy chair,
elbow chair,
rocking chair;
couch,
fauteuil [Fr.],
woolsack†,
ottoman,
settle,
squab,
bench;
aparejo†,
faldstool†,
horn;
long chair,
long sleeve chair,
morris chair;
lamba chauki†,
lamba kursi†;
saddle,
pannel†,
pillion;
side saddle,
pack saddle;
pommel.
bed,
berth,
pallet,
tester,
crib,
cot,
hammock,
shakedown,
trucklebed†,
cradle,
litter,
stretcher,
bedstead;
four poster,
French bed,
bunk,
kip,
palang†;
bedding,
bichhona,
mattress,
paillasse†;
pillow,
bolster;
mat,
rug,
cushion.
footstool,
hassock;
tabouret†;
tripod,
monopod.
Atlas,
Persides,
Atlantes†,
Caryatides,
Hercules.
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Roget 966:
tribunal,
court,
board,
bench,
judicatory†;
court of justice,
court of law,
court of arbitration,
administrative court;
inquisition;
guild.
justice seat;
judgment seat,
mercy seat;
woolsack†;
bar of justice;
dock;
forum,
hustings,
bureau,
drumhead;
jury box,
witness box.
senate house,
town hall,
theater;
House of Commons,
House of Lords;
statehouse [U.S.],
townhouse.
assize,
eyre;
wardmote†,
burghmote†;
barmote†;
superior courts of Westminster;
court of record,
court oyer and terminer [Law],
court assize,
court of appeal,
court of error;
High court of Judicature,
High court of Appeal;
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
Star Chamber;
Court of Chancery,
Court of King's or Queen's Bench,
Court of Exchequer,
Court of Common Pleas,
Court of Probate,
Court of Arches,
Court of Admiralty;
Lords Justices' court,
Rolls court,
Vice Chancellor's court,
Stannary court†,
Divorce court,
Family court,
Palatine court,
county court,
district court,
police court;
sessions;
quarter sessions,
petty sessions;
court-leet [Fr.],
court-baron,
court of pie poudre [Fr.],
court of common council;
board of green cloth.
court martial;
drumhead court martial;
durbar†,
divan;
Areopagus†;
Irota.
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Dutch: couch, divan, divanbed
Polish: tapczan