English Explanatory Dictionary

counsel of perfection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Advice as to a means of striving for moral perfection.
  2. Any of the virtues of obedience, chastity, and charity, or other ascetic practices, especially in monastic vows.
  3. Noble but impractical idealistic advice.

Word forms

counsel of perfection counsels of perfection

Etymology

From Latin consilium perfectionis, Aquinas et al., from consilium in Tertullian's translation of 1 Cor. 7:25.

Related words

counsel of despair
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