exhortationn.
/ɛksɔːˈteɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of exhorting, of earnestly admonishing or urging to what is deemed laudable conduct; an instance of this.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > exhortation
admonishmentc1275
instancec1340
exhortationc1384
exhortc1475
enhortment1477
enhorting1483
exhorting1490
adhortation1536
hortationc1540
exhortary1584
urging1615
cohortation1642
exhortancea1662
adjuration1782
evangelism1908
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 13 The while I come, taak tent to redinge, to exortacioun..and teching.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 720 Eftyr..syndry exhortatyownys.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 3v To gadre money or tresor by subtyl exortation.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. aa This treatise..was made..at the exortacion and sterynge of..pryncesse Margarete.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 7 Thair mother gaf exhortacion to ilkane of yame.
a1656 J. Hales Tracts (1677) i. 11 Exhortations from all sorts of sin.
1709 F. Atterbury Serm. St. Brigit's 10 There is no Room for any Exhortations to Charity.
1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric iii. Introd. A great part of the Preacher's business consists of Exhortation.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 284 An exhortation to the youthful monarch to check his own self-indulgence.
2. A set speech delivered for the purpose of exhorting; a discourse; esp. a formal address in the course of a religious observance, liturgical formulary or rite. Also in phrase, to make an exhortation.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech
speakingc1275
cry1303
orisona1382
sermonc1385
exhortationc1450
oration?1504
prepositiona1513
declamation1523
concion1541
speak1567
set speech1573
speech1583
hortative1612
allocution1615
public addressa1639
address1643
presentation1714
speechification1809
speechment1826
c1450 Why I can't be a Nun 373 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 148 Now, ladyes, taketh gode hede to thys exhortacion That I haue tawȝt yow in thys lore.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxxvii. 215 All the people war gathered about him, to heare him make an exortation.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. x. §4. 386 The place..where Moses made those diuine exhortations, some say was Bethabara.
1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts ii. ix. 473 As the Exhortation before the Communion suggests to us.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 42 The clergyman..delivering (very unaffectedly and simply) the closing exhortation.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 28 The result of this exhortation was a long and..important session.
3. attributive.
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1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 190 Exhortation Week, The week before Septuagesima Sunday; so called in the Eastern Church because the faithful are then exhorted to prepare for the Great Fast. Also called Exhortatory Week.
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