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Definition: A group (or quorum) of up to 70 elders.

Example: The quorum of seventy had a meeting last week.

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Doctrine and Covenants 107: 25-26
The Seventy are also called to preach the gospel, and to be special witnesses unto the Gentiles and in all the world—thus differing from other officers in the church in the duties of their calling. And they form a quorum, equal in authority to that of the Twelve special witnesses or Apostles just named.

Doctrine and Covenants 107: 34
The Seventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the Twelve or the traveling high council, in building up the church and regulating all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews.

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