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

/ məʊˈnɪʃən /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of monition¹

1350–1400; Middle English monicio ( u ) n < Latin monitiōn- (stem of monitiō ) warning, equivalent to monit ( us ) (past participle of monēre to advise, warn) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of monition¹

C14: via Old French from Latin monitiō, from monēre to warn

Example Sentences

Others are dismissive, rolling their eyes at the prospect of having to contemplate still another category of dire monition.

From New York Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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