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premonˈstration rare.
[ad. late L. præmonstrātiōn-em, n. of action f. præmonstrāre: see premonstrate v.]
The action of premonstrating or showing beforehand; a showing forth, making known, indication, or manifestation beforehand.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 44 The fift Chapitle vs telles oure ladys oblacionne In the temple by thre figures of premonstracionne. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 215 The Church by premonstration declareth what is the word of God. 1610Willet Hexapla Dan. 59 This dreame beeing a premonstration of things to come. 1623Cockeram, Premonstration, a fore-shewing. 1920E. H. Begbie Mirrors of Downing St. i. 9 His intuitions are amazing. He astonished great soldiers in the war by his premonstrations. |