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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Admonitioun, n. Also: -icioun, -ition, -ision. [e.m.E. admonition (16th c.), earlier amonicioun, -ion (Chaucer to Tyndale).] Admonition, exhortation.1513 Doug. xiii. x. 21 (Thyne admonitions, command, and impyre). 1528 Douglas Corr. 126 (hailsom and wyse admonisionis). c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 18 (dew admonitioun for thair vice). a1578 Pitsc. ii. 87/7 (nocht witht standing thir admonitiouns).

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