monition

[ muh-nish-uhn, moh- ]
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noun
  1. Literary. admonition or warning.

  2. an official or legal notice.

  1. Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer.: Compare subpoena.

  2. a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.

Origin of monition

1
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

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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

Origin of monition

1
C14: via Old French from Latin monitiō, from monēre to warn

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