Monition


[muh-nish-uh n, moh-] /məˈnɪʃ ən, moʊ-/

noun
1.
Literary. admonition or warning.
2.
an official or legal notice.
3.
Law. a court order to a person, especially one requiring an appearance and answer.
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4.
a formal notice from a bishop requiring the amendment of an ecclesiastical offense.
/məʊˈnɪʃən/
noun
1.
a warning or caution; admonition
2.
(Christianity) a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court requiring a person to refrain from committing a specific offence
n.

“warning,” late 14c., from Old French monition (13c.) and directly from Latin monitionem (nominative monitio) “warning, admonition, reminding,” noun of action from past participle stem of monere “to warn” (see monitor (n.)).

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