QUORUM


Meaning of QUORUM in English

noun Etymology: Middle English, ~ of justices of the peace, from Latin, of whom, genitive plural of qui who; from the wording of the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace Date: 1602 a select group, the number (as a majority) of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business, a Mormon body comprising those in the same grade of priesthood

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