1535 2 Chron. xxii. 4 They were his councell geuers after his fathers death.
1591 R. Percyvall Dict. at Abogacía Pleading, counsell giuing, the profession of an aduocate.
1594 W. Shakespeare ii. iii. 24 And curtaind with a counsaile-keeping Caue. View more context for this quotation
1828 C. Wordsworth 246 That counsel-giving to the King.