cautel

English

From Latin cautēla, from cautus, past participle of caveō.

cautel (countable and uncountable, plural cautels)

(obsolete) deceit
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], pages 14-16:
  Perhaps he loves you now,
  And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
  The virtue of his will
(obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
- a. 1589, William Fulke, Confutation of the Rhemish Testament:
  Here come institution, by your blasphemous sacrifice, in all cautels and provisions of the Mass
(Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.