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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.

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==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.

:2. a. Opinion as to what ought to be done given as the result of consultation; aid or instruction for directing the [[judgement]]; advice, direction.

:2. a. Opinion as to what ought to be done given as the result of consultation; aid or instruction for directing the [[judgement]]; advice, direction.

::b. spec. in [[Theology]]. One of the advisory declarations of [[Jesus|Christ]] and the [[apostles]], in mediæval theology reckoned as twelve, which are considered not to be [[universal]]ly binding, but to be given as a means of attaining greater [[moral]] [[perfection]]; so counsel of perfection, esp. in [[reference]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_19 Matthew. xix. 21]; also transf.; evangelical counsels, the three obligations of voluntary poverty, chastity, and obedience to a religious superior (see quot. 1875).

::b. spec. in [[Theology]]. One of the advisory declarations of [[Jesus|Christ]] and the [[apostles]], in mediæval theology reckoned as twelve, which are considered not to be [[universal]]ly binding, but to be given as a means of attaining greater [[moral]] [[perfection]]; so counsel of perfection, esp. in [[reference]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_19 Matthew. xix. 21]; also transf.; evangelical counsels, the three obligations of voluntary poverty, chastity, and obedience to a religious superior (see quot. 1875).

::c. Phr. counsel of despair.

::c. Phr. counsel of despair.