monition
- noun
- /məˈnɪʃən/
- UK
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monición
- The court issued a monition to all parties to appear and explain their actions regarding the case.
- Divine Monition
Examples
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A legal monition was sent to the defendant, requiring him to attend the hearing next week.
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Finished on December 4, 1700, but not published until 1702, The New Jerusalem: or, the Holy Methods of Divine Prediction and Monition seemingly promised.
Academic text (2018) -
As in his earlier book New Jerusalem, Freke maintains that the millennium will consist of God sending to humanity his gift of divine prophecy and monition.
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The second is Freke's newfound interest in dreams and visions and his contention that God will bestow upon the morally pure his gift of monition and divine prophecy in order to prepare the world for the coming millennium.
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Indeed, by the latter half of the 1690s, Freke was having "boundless divine monition and prophecy," and what he came to believe from them was that God had given him a special skill in reading dreams and interpreting the scriptures, particularly the prophecies contained in the Book of Revelation.
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This all-or-nothing attitude is surely the reason for his insistence that the "explanatory Introduction" to the millennium that he provides in his Elijah's First Appearance would be his last: afterward, he declares, "I am dumb forever, the Divine Monition itself only shall speak, I interpreting."
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During the trial, the judge provided a monition that any further delays would not be tolerated.
Synonyms
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To order someone to appear in court
A formal notice given after a claim asking people to explain why the court should not enter judgment against them
Compounds
A formal notice given after a claim asking people to explain why the court should not enter judgment against them
Surface Forms
Etymology
Monition comes from the Latin monere, which means 'to warn', and it shares the same root as monitor. In law, a monition is a formal court warning that tells people to appear or to show why a decision should not be made.