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admonition

[ad-muh-nish-uhn] / ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /


NOUN
scolding
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STRONGEST


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Plainly the 20th century has turned into the Age of Admonition.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Guelf citizens began to abuse the so-called Law of Admonition, by means of which the Ghibellines were excluded from the government.

From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington

In July, apparently, Knox printed his “Faithful Admonition to the Professors of God’s Truth in England,” and two editions of the tract were published in that country. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew

By free use of this engine of Admonition, the Guelf College rendered their enemies voiceless in the State, and were able to pack the Signory and the councils with their own creatures.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

They never build over Cottages or Farm-houses, because they see, that these People know how to live without their Admonition.

From Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 by Anonymous




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