rare. [ad. L. commonitiōn-em earnest reminding, admonition.] The action of reminding, instructing, or warning; a formal admonition or warning.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Commonition, an admonition or warning, an advertisement.
1755. in Johnson.
1849. W. Fitzgerald, trans. Whitaker’s Disp. (Parker Soc.), 661. To be written for our learning is something more than commonition.
1868. Milman, St. Paul’s, ii. 32. He averred that he had been condemned, without citation, without commonition, without trial, etc.
