cautel
English
Noun
cautel (countable and uncountable, plural cautels)
- (obsolete) deceit
- 1602, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 14-15-16
- Perhaps he loves you now,
- And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
- The virtue of his will
- 1602, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 14-15-16
- (obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fulke to this entry?)
- (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.
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