mo|ni|tion «moh NIHSH uhn», noun.
1. admonition; warning: »
sage monitions from his friends (Jonathan Swift); the monitions of Christianity (Herman Melville).
2. an official or legal notice: a) a formal court order or summons to appear and answer, as after a complaint has been filed, or to confirm title and silence adverse claims, or to commence a suit. b) a formal notice from a bishop to one of his subordinates to require the amendment of some ecclesiastical offense: »
The bishop sent a monition to three clergymen.
╂[< Old French monition, learned borrowing from Latin monitiō, -ōnis < monēre to warn]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.