High Council may refer to:
In fiction:
- High Council (Halo Game Series), the governmental body of The Covenant faction.
- High Council (Star Wars), the leadership of the Alliance in the New Jedi Order series
- High Council of the Landsraad, an inner circle of the Landsraad which arbitrated disputes among Houses in the Dune universe
- Jedi High Council, an institution from the Star Wars series of films
- Klingon High Council, the supreme ruling body of the Klingon Empire in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Asgard High Council. the supreme ruling entity of the Asgard race in the fictional Stargate franchise
In religion:
- High council (Latter Day Saints), a governing body that has existed in the church hierarchy of many Mormon/Latter Day Saint denominations
- High Council of B'nei Noah, a group of Noahides who gathered in Israel on Monday January 10, 2006
- High Council of The Salvation Army, the body made up of the Chief of the Staff, active Commissioners, and active Territorial Commanders
In other fields:
- High Council of State (Algeria), a collective Algerian presidency set up by the military in 1992 following the annulled elections in December 1991
- High Council of State (Netherlands)
- High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, an institution responsible for many aspects of the judicial system in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Spanish High Council for Scientific Research, a council in Spain
- High Council of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, charged with the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Famous quotes containing the words high and/or council:
“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)