n.
Pronunciation: ˌ pr ē -myu ̇ - ' n ī (- ə )r- ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English praemunire facias, from Medieval Latin, that you cause to warn; from prominent words in the writ
Date: 1529
: an offense against the English Crown punishable chiefly by forfeiture and orig. committed by asserting papal legal supremacy in England