monition
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
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How to use monition in a sentence
As Ralph hesitated, a desire strengthened within him to read further, despite the monitions of conscience.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry BrownThese monitions to Jack were written while his father was in Scotland in 1795.
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs | George M. WrongTo this object they give out of ample riches, and thus seek to silence the monitions of conscience.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20) | Charles SumnerNot by the noble monitions of Nature, but by the ignoble, is a man much tempted to publish the secret of his soul in words.
Latter-Day Pamphlets | Thomas CarlyleThis great preacher lived in Prague, and thundered his monitions from the pulpit of a chapel.
Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
British Dictionary definitions for monition
/ (məʊˈnɪʃən) /
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
Origin of monition
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