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Definition of Counsellorship
1. Noun. The position of counselor.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Counsellor, Counsellor, Counsellor, Counselor, Counselor, Counselor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counsellorship
Literary usage of Counsellorship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"We find this counsellorship of the elders in the (¡reek translation of the Old
Testament: [Dent, xi, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... one whose province is to deliberate Upon publick affairs ; one who is entitled
to plead in a court of law ; a barrister. counsellorship ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1805)
"Charles Yorke, sworn one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, in the
room of lord Pelham (who succeeded to the counsellorship of the duchy of ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Eng., i. counselor ship, counsellorship (koun'sel-or- ship), n. [< counselor,
counsellor ..."
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