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counsel 1. a barrister or group of barristers engaged in conducting cases in court and advising on legal matters 2. Christianity any of the counsels of perfection or evangelical counsels, namely poverty, chastity, and obedience Counsel See also Guidance. Courage (See BRAVERY.) Achitophel sage adviser to David; subsequently to Absalom. [O.T.: II Samuel 16:23]
counselor; advised Priam to return Helen to Menelaus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 23] hill near the Acropolis used for Athenian council deliberations. [Gk. Hist.: Benét, 46] (1694–1773) wrote Letters to His Son to educate him in the ways of the world. [Br. Lit.: Magill III, 565] god of councils and advice; agricultural god. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65; Parrinder, 66] wife, instructress, and advisor of emperor Numa. [Rom. Myth.: Jobes, 491; Avery, 426] Hindu god acts as spiritual and military counselor to Arjuna and his family. [Hindu Lit.: Mahabharata] adviser to the lovers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] Odysseus’s adviser; entrusted with care and education of Telemachus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] a sage old counselor to the Greeks in the Trojan War. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] gives Laertes rules of conduct. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Hamlet] god of counsel and councils. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 67] precepts for living according to God’s law and common sense. [O.T.: Proverbs] maxims intended to inculcate virtue and frugality. [Am. Lit.: Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack in Benét, 803] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would not rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard the same good counsel. The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command After some further ques- tioning, counsel for the prosecution said: |
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