monition

Example Sentences

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The tribunal ordered a "monition", a formal warning or caution, for all the charges.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

This great big old bear of a man, you see, according to D.C. gossip Lloyd Grove, "enjoys the friendliest relations with the Washington media elite of any prospective candidate vying for the Republican monition."

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2010

One feels an eerie pre monition and vulnerability before the spectacle.

From Time Magazine Archive

He endeavored to turn his stay in Avegliana to account by publishing the customary monition for all persons to come forward and confess their own heresy or denounce those who were suspect.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

Gradenigo refused, alleging that this would be a violation of his oath of office; the inquisitor withdrew his monition, and matters remained as before.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles