premonishment

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English

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Etymology

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From premonish +‎ -ment.

Noun

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premonishment (countable and uncountable, plural premonishments)

  1. (archaic) Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
    • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, [], London: [] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
      Now , after these premonishments I will come to the Compartition it self