/ad'meuh nish"euhn/ , n.
1. an act of admonishing.
2. counsel, advice, or caution.
3. a gentle reproof.
4. a warning or reproof given by an eccleslastical authority.
[ 1350-1400; admonition- (s. of admonitio ); see AD-, MONITION; r. late ME amonicioun ]