English-Thai Dictionary
monition
N การตักเตือน kan-tang-tuen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MONITION
n.[L. monitio.] 1. Warning; instruction given by way of caution; as the monitions of a friend.
2. Information; indication.
We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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 )
Defn: A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4. (Eccl. Law )
Defn: An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.
New American Oxford Dictionary
monition
mo ni tion |məˈniSHən məˈnɪʃən | ▶noun rare a warning of impending danger. • a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court admonishing a person not to do something specified. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin monitio (n- ), from monere ‘warn. ’
Oxford Dictionary
monition
monition |məˈnɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun rare a warning of impending danger. • a formal notice from a bishop or ecclesiastical court admonishing a person not to do something specified. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin monitio (n- ), from monere ‘warn ’.
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