† exˈhortanceObs. In 7 Sc.exhortans. [f. as prec. + -ance.] = exhortation. (But possibly exhortans may be an abbreviation in the MS. for exhortations.) c1646T. Craufurd Hist.Univ.Edinb. (1808) 45 He [Mr. Robert Rollock]..with most pithy exhortans setting them on to vertue and pietie.