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How to pronounce quorum
IPA transcription: [k'wɔɹəm]
Pronunciation variants: [k'wɔɹəm][k'wɚəm]
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Noun
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a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
Usage examples
- High priests are organized into quorums.
- Meeting together, these three quorums are known as the World Church Leadership Council.
- Each quorum president holds priesthood keys.
- His father also served in the Quorum of the Twelve.
- A secretary to the presidency may also be called from the quorum membership.
- Some of the best-known examples of quorum sensing come from studies of bacteria.
- As such, all members of the Quorum report directly to him.
- The quorum for Privy Council meetings is four.
- He replaced John E. Page in the Quorum of the Twelve.
- This quorum is equal in authority and power to the three presidents previously mentioned.