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hortations

hortations is the plural of hortation.

Meaning of hortation

Noun

hortation (countable and uncountable, plural hortations)

  1. (archaic) The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
    • And since, by the will of God, now is a suitable time, so proceed, with the co-operation of divine grace, as to be able to make reparation with increase for what has been neglected. Wherefore strengthen by continual hortation the mind of your glorious husband in love of the Christian faith; let...1885, Philip Schaff et al, translating Gregory the Great, letter to Bertha, Queen of the Angli
    Synonyms:
    exhortation

Questions about hortations

What is hortations the plural of?
Hortations is the plural of hortation.

Words near hortations in the dictionary

  1. Horswell
  2. horsy
  3. hort.
  4. Horta
  5. hortation
  6. hortations
  7. hortative
  8. hortatively
  9. hortatives
  10. hortativity
  11. hortatories

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