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admonition|ˌædməˈnɪʃən|
Also 4–6 amonicioun, -cion; 6 ammonycyon, admonicion; 6– admonition.
[a. OFr. amonition, later admonition; ad. L. admonitiōn-em, n. of action, f. admonē-re to admonish.]
1. The action of admonishing; authoritative counsel; warning, implied reproof.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. (1868) 13 Nedeþ it ȝitte, quod I, of rehersyng or of amonicioun. 1506Ordin. Crysten Men (W. de Worde) iv. xxi. 281 Take payne by ammonycyon or otherwyse that restytucyon were made. 1604Rowlands Looke to it 20 You that liue as you please, do what you list, and admonition vtterly resist. 1611Bible 1 Cor. x. 11 These things..are written for our admonition. 1757Johnson Rambler No. 155 ⁋6 Few are persuaded to quit it by admonition or reproof. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 7 Feeling bound to accept rebuke and admonition as a brotherly office.
2. An act of admonishing; a warning, reproof; an utterance or statement of grave counsel or censure, esp. of ecclesiastical censure.
1526Tindale Tit. iv. 10 A man that is geuen to heresie, after the fyrst and the seconde amonicion, avoyde. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. 102 Admonition is the lowest of Ecclesiasticall censures. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., By the ancient canons, nine monitories, or Admonitions, at due distance, are required before excommunication. 1843Lytton Last of Barons i. iv. 57 He now called to mind the admonitions of his host. 1870Bryant Homer I. vi. 184 The timely admonition changed The purpose of his brother. |