What is "counsellors"

Usage examples of "counsellors".

At a sign from one of the chancellors, one of the three counsellors at law of the Avvogadori di Commun, who had the keeping of the Golden Book, had been immediately summoned from adjoining chambers in the Palace and had confirmed the statement.

The case had changed from a matter of gracious policy to one of unquestioned importance in the minds of the gravest counsellors of the Republic--in spite of the glamor of romance which threatened to lessen its dignity by winning the enthusiastic support of the younger members of the assembly and the jealous opposition of the older senators, who were tenacious of the privileges and restrictions of the ancient nobility of Venice.

Serene Prince, Counsellors, and Nobles of the Council, if you ask me of the law as it hath declared itself to my understanding, the matter is simple and quickly to be uttered.

Senate now united the three offices of the Counsellors to the Doge, making Fra Paolo sole Teologo Consultore.

Where would the king find counsellors to plan and carry out such a policy for him?

The cunning counsellors praise thee, because thou hast cut the knots in which they have tied their own souls.