admonitioner
/ˌadməˈnɪʃ(ə)nə/ /ˌadməˈnɪʃ(ə)nə/noun
A person who admonishes; an admonisher; specifically (chiefly with capital initial) any of the Puritans associated with the Admonition to the Parliament of 1572, condemning the episcopal government and ceremonies of the Church of England.
- The authors of the Admonition were the Oxford graduates John Field and Thomas Wilcox, who were supported by Thomas Cartwright, a former Chair of Divinity at Cambridge..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Bancroft (bap. 1544, d. 1610), archbishop of Canterbury. From admonition + -er. With general uses compare earlier admonitor and admonisher.