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noun

Monition n.

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

Information; indication; notice; advice. "We have no visible monition of... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness."

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... from molestation by either. Conscious of the rectitude of their conduct as regarded both, and unwilling to forsake the comforts which their industry had procured for them, and the fields rendered productive by their labor, they disregarded the [234] friendly monition, and continued in their villages, progressing in the knowledge and love of the Redeemer of men, and practising the ...

— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers

... be sure. Many such Legends are there, too, current of Persons who were to die Violent Deaths at the hands of the Public Executioner, being forewarned many years before of their Impending Fate. And sometimes hath the Monition come nearer to the Catastrophe, as in the case of K. C. the 1st, who, entering Westminster Hall at that Unnatural Assize presided over by Bradshaw, the Gold Head fell off his Walking-Staff, and rolled on the ...

— The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 • George Augustus Sala

... for preparation. Napoleon, when visiting his old school, said to the pupils, "Boys, remember that every hour wasted at school means a chance of misfortune in future life." Thousands of failures along the years of manhood and womanhood attest the truth of this monition. ...

— Making the Most of Life • J. R. Miller

... lingering youth his slim, muscular figure and springy stride personified. Small wonder the untaught girl beside him found the merely physical charm of him fascinating. If her instinct sometimes warned her to beware, her generous heart was eager to pay small heed to the monition except so far as ...

— Brand Blotters • William MacLeod Raine

... 'Observations' of the Admiralty MS. and the modifications of the standing order which they suggest. Indeed, Hoste's remarks on breaking the line are, in effect, little more than a logical elaboration of those ideas and suggestions. In the 'Observations' we have the monition not to attempt the manoeuvre 'unless an enemy press you on a lee shore.' We have the signal for a squadron breaking the enemy's line, but only in order to rejoin the main body, and we have the simple method of parrying the move by tacking with an equal number of ships. ...

— Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. • Julian S. Corbett

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