monition

[ muh-nish-uhn, moh- ]

/ məˈnɪʃ ən, moʊ- /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR monition ON THESAURUS.COM

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

Words nearby monition

moniliid, monish, monism, Monistat, moniter, monition, monitor, monitorial, Monitor versus Merrimack, monitory, monitress

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Example sentences from the Web for monition

Laying this monition to heart, I decided to trust her for a big stake, but waiting, alas!
London in the Sixties|One of the Old Brigade
Their approach was noiseless as thought,—but the king, on a sudden, felt a monition of their coming.
The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts
Their own wild heart and what faith it has will guide them: and is not that the monition of some genius, better or worse?
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Each thinks that he has received some monition of the fall; each asserting that he heard no noise whatever to warn him.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death|Frederick W. H. Myers

Whichever way he turned there was some monition of its presence.
The Truth About Tristrem Varick|Edgar Saltus

British Dictionary definitions for monition

monition

/ (məʊˈnɪʃən) /

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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单词	monition
释义	monition [ muh-nish-uhn, moh- ] / məˈnɪʃ ən, moʊ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR monition ON THESAURUS.COM 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 Words nearby monition moniliid, monish, monism, Monistat, moniter, monition, monitor, monitorial, Monitor versus Merrimack, monitory, monitress Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for monition Laying this monition to heart, I decided to trust her for a big stake, but waiting, alas! London in the Sixties\|One of the Old Brigade Their approach was noiseless as thought,—but the king, on a sudden, felt a monition of their coming. The Kindred of the Wild\|Charles G. D. Roberts Their own wild heart and what faith it has will guide them: and is not that the monition of some genius, better or worse? The French Revolution\|Thomas Carlyle Each thinks that he has received some monition of the fall; each asserting that he heard no noise whatever to warn him. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death\|Frederick W. H. Myers Whichever way he turned there was some monition of its presence. The Truth About Tristrem Varick\|Edgar Saltus British Dictionary definitions for monition monition / (məʊˈnɪʃən) / 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to monition notice, caveat, hint, citation, admonition, summons, warning, caution, forewarning, intimation, order
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monition

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for monition

noun

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