monition

[muh-nish-uh n, moh-]

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noun

Literary. admonition or warning.

an official or legal notice.

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

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

Origin of monition

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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Related Words for monition

notice, caveat, hint, citation, admonition, summons, warning, caution, forewarning, intimation, order

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Historical Examples of monition

Such a commandment, then and there, was that monition about Jenkins's Ear.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.)
Thomas Carlyle
Thrice the monition was given, as required, and given without effect.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
Various
His wife heaved a deep sigh of apprehension, of renunciation, of monition.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete
William Dean Howells
It is at once a memorial and a monition to those that dwell beneath it.
The Alps
Martin Conway
Whichever way he turned there was some monition of its presence.
The Truth About Tristrem Varick
Edgar Saltus

British Dictionary definitions for monition

monition

noun

a warning or caution; admonition

Christianity a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court requiring a person to refrain from committing a specific offence

Word Origin for monition

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

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Word Origin and History for monition

"warning," late 14c., from Old French monition (13c.) and directly from Latin monitionem (nominative monitio) "warning, admonition, reminding," noun of action from past participle stem of monere "to warn" (see monitor (n.)).