Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Conciliabulum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

CONCILIAB'ULUM. In a general sense, any place of public resort; but more especially a rendezvous where the country people were in the habit of meeting together at stated intervals, for the purpose of transacting business, holding markets, and settling disputes, thus answering very nearly to our market and assize-towns, and places where fairs are appointed to be held. Festus s. v. Liv. vii. 15. Id. xxxiv. 1. and 56. Id. xl. 37.