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Definition of Civil leader
1. Noun. A leader in municipal affairs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civil Leader
Literary usage of Civil leader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of Religious Liberty in America: A History by Sanford Hoadley Cobb (1902)
"Its civil leader for many years was Theophilus Eaton, one of a company of English
merchants, rich and educated, who with decided Puritan principles ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews: With an Introductory Essay by Enoch Cobb Wines (1855)
"... civil leader. Certainly he had the mental gifts, which eloquence requires,
for he was a poet, and dealt in the living images and passionate sentiments, ..."
3. The Life of Young Sir Henry Vane, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, and Leader by James Kendall Hosmer (1889)
"But while a high position is claimed for Vane as a civil leader, it must be
distinctly said that his limitations were no less marked than his abilities. ..."
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