noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
2. 2
   A supporter of the Admonition to the Parliament of 1572, which denounced the bishops of England and called for the replacement of Episcopalianism with presbyterianism. historical

Etymology

From admonition + -ist.

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