committee

noun

Etymology: From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

   “My uncle is on the committee.”

   “And it is further ordained, that the Members of both Houses, that now are Members of the assembly of Divines, or any seven of them, be a standing Committee of both houses of Parliament, to consider the causes of suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, not contained in this Ordinance: unto which Committee any Eldership shall present such causes, to the end that the Parliament, if need require, may heare and determine the same.”

2. A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
3. Alternative form of kameti.