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noun
Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.
Any of the virtues of obedience, chastity, and charity, or other ascetic practices, especially in monastic vows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Noble but impractical idealistic advice.
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Usage: broadly
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History
From Latin consilium perfectionis, Aquinas et al., from consilium in Tertullian's translation of 1 Cor. 7:25.
