Definition of "cautel" []

• Deceit (noun)
• Caution; prudence; wariness (noun)

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• "And now no soil, nor cautel, doth besmirch The virtue of his will: but, you must fear,"
• "(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."