Definitions for "Advices"
Extracts from minutes and epistles of early Friends intended to supply guidance, caution and counsel to monthly meetings and their members on various aspects of daily life. The collection of such extracts prepared for the previous edition of Faith and Practice is included at the beginning of the Section of Extracts. The word Advices is also sometimes used to encompass the whole of a Friends book of discipline (See also Preface).
High claims which the Society of Friends makes on its adherents. Friends have always found it useful regularly to remind one another of their nature. These advices touch on the foundations of true, personal discipline, on the care of our children, on family life and on the character of our day-to-day living.