Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A warning or intimation of something imminent, especially of impending danger.
- noun Cautionary advice or counsel; an admonition.
- noun A formal order from a bishop or ecclesiastical court to refrain from a specified offense.
- noun A summons, especially in admiralty court.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Admonition; warning; instruction given by way of caution: as, the monitions of a friend.
- noun Indication; intimation.
- noun In civil and admiralty law, a summons or citation, especially used to commence a suit, or in a proceeding to confirm a title acquired under a judicial sale and to silence all adverse claims.
- noun In ecclesiastical law, a formal notice, sent by a bishop to one of the subordinate clergy, to require the amendment of some ecclesiastical offense; a monitory letter.
- noun Synonyms Admonition, Monition, Reprehension, etc. See
admonition .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
- noun Information; indication; notice; advice.
- noun (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
- noun (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
caution orwarning of imminent danger. - noun An
admonition orrebuke . - noun A
summons in some courts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
- noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
- noun a firm rebuke
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's a timely monition, and not just for Catholics.
A Cardinal's Warning on China Mary Kissel 2011
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All the same, the extraordinary pre monition of stirring events to come stayed with him.
Dearly Beloved 2010
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Exactly when the first subtle monition of treachery reached him, by what sense it was conveyed -- Hulse never learned, for there were experiences among the finer perceptions that the blind man did not willingly discuss.
Angel With No Hands Adams, Stephen 2005
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She kept silence, with a look of superiority to all monition.
New Grub Street 2003
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The tingle wound up in Tasslehoff's ears and, due to the rushing of the blood in his head, he noticed that Fizban's ad - monition to return soon was starting to get lost amidst thoughts of Dark Knights and spies and, most important of all, The Road.
Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000
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In the glow of the Christmas lights, she saw a shadow crossing his features, and Natalie had a sudden pro-monition of what he was thinking.
A Man Of Secrets Stevens, Amanda 1997
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'You handled that very competently I thought, Rupert, but your id monition to be loyal and discreet was hardly necessary.
The Lighthouse James, P. D. 1988
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But when a quarter to nine struck, and he saw old Thomas beginning to fidget about with the keys in his hand, he thought of the Doctor's parting monition, and stopped the cornopean at once, notwithstanding the loud-voiced remonstrances from all sides; and the crowd scattered away from the close, the eleven all going into the School-house, where supper and beds were provided for them by the Doctor's orders.
Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971
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'Oh,' says the metaphysician, 'this is association: just so a strain of music reminds you of a fine passage in a book you have read, or a beautiful tone in a picture you have seen; just so the Ranz des Vaches bears the exile to the timber house, with shady leaves, corbelled and strut-supported, whose very weakness appeals to the avalanche that shakes an icicly beard in monition from the impeding crags.'
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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In what way, by the aid of what nervous mechanism, was the startling monition conveyed?
Real Ghost Stories William T. Stead
chained_bear commented on the word monition
"an instrument issued from an Admiralty court."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 281
October 13, 2008