Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An admonition or warning; an advertisement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Advice; warning; instruction.
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- noun obsolete
advice ;warning ;instruction .
Etymologies
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Latin commonitio. See monition.
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Examples
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"He [Francis], for a general commonition in a certain Chapter, caused these words to be written: 'Let the Friars take care not to appear gloomy and sad like hypocrites, but let them be jovial and merry, showing that they rejoice in the Lord, and becomingly courteous.'"
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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