amapakati

noun2

1. •
   The council or inner circle of advisers of a chief in a Nguni society.

   • Then our people lived peacefully, under the democratic rule of their kings and their amapakati, and moved freely and confidently up and down the country without let or hindrance. — 1962
2. •
   A member of a council; a trusted adviser.

   • The shrewdness of the Amapakati, or Kaffir advocate. — 1870