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monitions

monitions is the plural of monition.

Meaning of monition

Noun

monition (plural monitions)

  1. A caution or warning.
    • For if the ſoul of man vvere emancipated by virtue, it vvould not need any regulation or monition, beſides that of its invvard Tribunal; vvhich becauſe ſin does uſurp upon, has ſome relief from thoſe extern adjuments.1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XIV, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas]...
  2. A legal notification of something.
  3. A sign of impending danger; an omen.
    • I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson

Questions about monitions

What is monitions the plural of?
Monitions is the plural of monition.

Words near monitions in the dictionary

  1. monitarily
  2. monitary
  3. Moniteau County
  4. moniter
  5. monition
  6. monitions
  7. monitive
  8. monito del monte
  9. monitor
  10. monitor lizard
  11. monitor lizards

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