MONITIONS

Noun

monitions

plural of monition

Source: Wiktionary


MONITION

Mo*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]

1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.

2. 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.

3. (Admiralty Practice)

Definition: A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

4. (Eccl. Law)

Definition: An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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