ˈkwɔːrəm
noun
the minimum number of members of a group required to be present to conduct official business
The word 'quorum' originates from Latin, meaning 'of whom,' indicating the number of members required to be present in order to make decisions or take official actions. It is often used in the context of meetings, where a quorum must be met for the meeting to proceed.
When he had finished with them they wouldn't even have had a fucking quorum left.
King, Stephen
The Stand
And old Barlow the macebearer laid up with asthma, no mace on the table, nothing in order, no quorum even and Hutchinson, the lord mayor, in Llandudno and little Lorcan Sherlock doing locum tenens for him.
James Joyce
Ulysses