Crossword clues for monition
monition
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monition \Mo*ni"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]
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Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
Sage monitions from his friends.
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Information; indication; notice; advice.
We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness.
--Holder. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
(Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
--Shipley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A caution or warning. (from 14th c.) 2 A legal notification of something. (from 15th c.) 3 A sign of impending danger; an omen. (from 15th c.)
WordNet
n. a firm rebuke [syn: admonition, admonishment]
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) [syn: admonition, warning, word of advice]
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 [syn: process of monition]
Wikipedia
In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a monition, contraction of admonition, is an order to a member of the clergy to do or refrain from doing a specified act. Other than a rebuke, it is the least severe censure available against clergy of the Church of England. Failure to observe the order is an offence under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963. A monition can be imposed in person by a bishop or by an ecclesiastical court.
Historically, monitions of a disciplinary character were used to enforce residence on the holder of a benefice, or in connection with actions to restrain allegedly unlawful ritual practices under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874. Disobedience to such monitions historically entailed the penalties of contempt of court.
Usage examples of "monition".
All the same, the extraordinary pre monition of stirring events to come stayed with him.
And we have a monition within, that a course of spiritual enjoyment will rouse the call for bodily refreshment.
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.
Brescia their wandering prelate had scarcely yet received that strengthening monition of the watching Senate which was to recall him from his hiding-place and hold him steadfast in his cathedral service.
Jo of old found her way, and from him received monition and knowledge of what should come to pass.
In defiance of monition and in spite of resolution, the primrose path is trodden by all sorts and conditions of men, sinners no doubt, but not necessarily abstractions of sin, and to assert the contrary makes for cant and not for righteousness.
Difficulty of swallowing, soreness, and stiffness of the throat, are the first monitions of its approach.
Falerian set the red current mantling in his veins, that not all my philosophy, nor the sage monitions of Blackstrap, nor thought, nor care, nor friendly intercession could withhold the artist from making a pilgrimage to the altar of love.