D defs.my
Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Monition

· Mo·ni·tion · IPA /məˈnɪʃn̩/
01 n. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
  1. 1.
    Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
    “Sage monitions from his friends.” Swift.
  2. 2.
    Information; indication; notice; advice.
    “We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness.” — Holder.
  3. 3.
    A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.(Admiralty Practice)
  4. 4.
    An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.(Eccl. Law)