Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Caution; wariness; prudence.
- noun Subtlety; craftiness; cunning; deceit; fraud.
- noun Eccles., a detailed caution or written direction concerning the proper manner of celebrating the holy communion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Caution; prudence; wariness.
- noun obsolete Craft; deceit; falseness.
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- noun obsolete
deceit - noun obsolete
caution ;prudence ;wariness
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Examples
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And now no soil, nor cautel, doth besmirch The virtue of his will: but, you must fear,
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(but are not) excommunicate positively, which negative excommunication is not an ecclesiastical censure, but either a bare punishment, or a cautel and animadversion; and so saith the Archbishop of Spalato, (1106) not only one brother may refuse to communicate with another, but a people, also, may refuse to communicate with their pastor, which he confirmeth by certain examples.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
jinglebelljosie commented on the word cautel
noun.
1. craftiness; trickery
2. precaution
October 28, 2008