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==Origins==
==Origins==
Middle English. con-, counseil, -ail, -ayl, a. Old French. conseil, cunseil, in AFr. counseil (= Pr. conselh, Cat. consell, Sp. consejo, Pg. conseglo, It. consiglio):L. consilium consultation, plan decided on as the result of consultation, advice, counsel, advising faculty, prudence; a deliberating [[body]], a council of [[state]], war, etc.; a counsellor: a [[word]] of the same type as colloquium, connubium, etc., f. consulre to deliberate, etc., f. con- together + *sal- a root found also in consul, consulto, and prob. cognate with Skr. sar- to go. The various [[senses]] are retained in French; but in [[English]], those meaning a deliberating body are now written COUNCIL, by confusion with [[Latin]] concilium.
Middle English. con-, counseil, -ail, -ayl, a. Old French. conseil, cunseil, in AFr. counseil (= Pr. conselh, Cat. consell, Sp. consejo, Pg. conseglo, It. consiglio):L. consilium consultation, plan decided on as the result of consultation, advice, counsel, advising faculty, prudence; a deliberating [[body]], a council of [[state]], war, etc.; a counsellor: a [[word]] of the same type as colloquium, connubium, etc., f. consulre to deliberate, etc., f. con- together + *sal- a root found also in consul, consulto, and prob. cognate with Skr. sar- to go. The various [[senses]] are retained in French; but in [[English]], those meaning a deliberating body are now written COUNCIL, by confusion with [[Latin]] concilium.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Counsel''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Counsel '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*I. 1. a. Interchange of opinions on a matter of procedure; consultation, deliberation. to take counsel: to consult, deliberate.
*I. 1. a. Interchange of opinions on a matter of procedure; consultation, deliberation. to take counsel: to consult, deliberate.
