Middle English Dictionary Entry
prē̆mū̆nī̆ciọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prē̆mū̆nī̆ciọ̄n n. Also premunition. |
| Etymology | AF premunition & AL prēmūnītio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A preliminary warning, previous notification or admonishment.
Associated quotations
- [ (1389) RParl.3.267a : Soit tiel conviction ou atteindre envers luy par Brief de Premunition, come est ordeine & establi devant ces hures. ]
- (1472-3) RParl.6.49a : It may pleas your Highnes..to..ordeyne..that euery persone or persones..by resonable premunition to them..make as ofte as it shal be nede..sufficient pavement before all their Burgagiez, Meses, and Tenementes..at their owne costes and charges..And if any of the said persone or persones, after such premunition made to theym..make not the said pavement sufficiently as is above said, within a quarter of a yere next after such premunition to theym made, that then the Baillyfs..have ful power and auctorite to make the said pavement.
- a1525(?1456) Cov.Leet Bk.296 : And that all the churche-wardens off this Cite be redy to accompt ȝerely aftur premunicion made vnto theym..vp þe peyn of xl s. at euery defalt in þe fourme aforeseid to be rered.