consilium

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[48] Chosen men had the care of public affairs, and deliberated about the good of the state; they stood by the side of the kings as a consilium publicum_, and were addressed by the term patres_.

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  • “This is what they used to call a consilium,” I remarked to the fourth-year medical student, who was bringing up the rear as the group exited.
  • Aliis consilium, aliis animus, aliis occasio defuit. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • Rochester-based consilium 1, a leading technology services provider in Upstate New York, has been awarded a 3-year hosting engagement with the Girl Scouts of Western New York.
  • We also discern, almost for the first time, the action of an inner ministerial council which was ultimately to develop into the consilium ordinarium of a later age No sudden changes attended the royal majority. —  The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)
  • [48] Chosen men had the care of public affairs, and deliberated about the good of the state; they stood by the side of the kings as a consilium publicum_, and were addressed by the term patres_. —  C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
 

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