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Hural is a Mongolian term for gathering, meeting, or assembly with documented political and religious use by the 17th century and earlier oral roots. Tibetan Buddhist institutional contact reinforced its liturgical presence in monastery life. Secular governance later expanded its civic range.

The word gained special visibility in the 20th century when state organs used it in official names. Great Khural became parliamentary terminology in modern Mongolia. A ritual meeting word became constitutional language.

Soviet influence reshaped politics but did not replace the lexical core. In Mongolian public life, hural still bridges sacred, local, and national spheres. Few political terms stay this semantically broad without collapsing.

Contemporary usage spans village meetings, religious services, and legislative sessions. The continuity is striking in a century of ideological shocks. Hural is a word that kept collective action at its center.