condoling

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During my earlier visits to the Reserve of the Six Nations, near Brantford, I had heard of an Indian book which was used at their "Condoling Councils," the most important of their many public gatherings.

From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Hale, Horatio

Thus she entreats; such messages with tears Condoling Anne to him, and from him bears: But him no prayers, no arguments can move; 140 The Fates resist, his ears are stopp'd by Jove.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir

Henry was about to witness a Condoling Council, which was at once a mourning for chiefs who had fallen in battle farther east with his own people and the election and welcome of their successors.

From The Scouts of the Valley by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Condoling with orphans in a dream, means that the unhappy cares of others will touch your sympathies and cause you to sacrifice much personal enjoyment.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman

"Where the fire is made and the smoke is rising," i.e., when you receive notice that a Condoling Council is to be held in a certain place.

From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Hale, Horatio