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monition

[ muh-nish-uhn, moh- ]

noun

  1. Literary. admonition or warning.
  2. an official or legal notice.
  3. Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer. Compare subpoena.
  4. a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.


monition

/ əʊˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. a warning or caution; admonition
  2. Christianity a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court requiring a person to refrain from committing a specific offence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of monition1

1350–1400; Middle English monicio ( u ) n < Latin DzԾپō- (stem of DzԾپō ) warning, equivalent to monit ( us ) (past participle of Dzŧ to advise, warn) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of monition1

C14: via Old French from Latin DzԾپō, from Dzŧ to warn
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Others are dismissive, rolling their eyes at the prospect of having to contemplate still another category of dire monition.

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Their submission not being forthcoming, he proceeded to Venice, and addressed to the Doge Gradenigo a monition ordering him, under pain of excommunication, to swear to obey all the papal constitutions on heresy.

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Sometimes monitions of this kind formed part of the regular proceedings of the autos de f�.

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And have we not felt our utter powerlessness, whether by public preaching or by private monition, to find a way to those case-hardened hearts?

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You need but the slightest monition of my leg, and instantly your other shoulder takes the lead.

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