Meanings
nouncommonition (plural commonitions)
plural commonitions
- archaicadvice, warning, or instruction.
Daryll Smoot's sermonizing didn't begin and end with nightly commonitions
2006, Paul Vela, Sealed With a Kiss1 more example
as they appertain to all succeeding ages, and to us, so they are a commonition, an alarm, to raise us from the sleep, and death of sin
17th C., John Donne, Sermon XC. Preached at the Churching of the Countess of Bridgewater
Origin
- Latincommonitio
- Englishcommonition
From Latin commonitio. See monition.
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commonition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonition
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“commonition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commonition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonition.
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