单词 | commonitory |
释义 | commonitoryn.adj. Chiefly in religious contexts. rare. A. n. A text that serves to remind, exhort, or warn someone; a reminder, exhortation, or warning.In later use chiefly with reference to specific texts, esp. St Vincent of Lérins' Commonitory. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > something that serves to admonish monitory1437 commonitory?1567 monitory letter1608 monitor1623 mementoa1625 monitive1638 cautionary tale1907 ?1567 M. Parker Def. Priestes Mariages 204 Pope Zacharias..did hym self write a commonitorie onely to the said partie dispensed with, by Gregorie aforsaid. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 225 His commonitory to Ammon. 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation (Parker Soc.) 8 That the scriptures are no rule of faith at all, but a certain commonitory. 1958 Traditio 14 40 When we analyze this summary for a précis of what was contained in the allegedly lost commonitory, we find nothing but what we already have in the work before us. Serving to remind, exhort, or warn someone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] > admonishing monitoryc1475 commonitory1570 admonitory1577 cautionary1638 precautionary1648 cautional1656 admonitivea1677 monitivea1677 monitorial1725 cautioning1747 admonitorial1848 1570 J. Foxe tr. T. Becket Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 275/1 Letters commonitory, exhortatorye, and of correction. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 53 How many, without any former preparatory crosse, or comminatory, or commonitory crosse..fall under some one stone. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 602 The Archbishop's apologetical, declamatory and commonitory letters. 1867 W. H. Neligan tr. A. de Montor Lives & Times Rom. Pontiffs I. ii. vii. 29 There were also memoriales, or letters commonitory; they contained instructions to the legates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?1567 |
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