Admonitions

Admonitions of “Don’t hoard the Charmin” failed in the face of mob behavior.

As is so much of the Wisdom Literature, and indeed so much of the Book of Wisdom itself, this weekend’s reading is a series of admonitions and comments.

I knew the routine by heart, heard the admonitions before they were spoken.

When Mr. Trump backed away from his decision to withdraw all American troops remaining in Syria, he appeared to accept the admonitions of his military chiefs and advisers about the dire consequences of an abrupt pull out.

Anatoli's ethical admonitions and spiritual meditations have value as portraying both the circumstances of the age and the character of the reforms he aimed at.

Encarta provides similar notes, but is more prescriptive, offering warnings and admonitions against the use of certain words considered by many to be offensive or illiterate, such as, "an offensive term for..

In accordance with the admonitions of Genghis Khan to his children and grandchildren, they retained their pastoral mode of life, so that the subject races, agriculturists, and dwellers in towns were not disturbed in their ordinary avocations.

Then did the reality of Christ become resplendent, His grace shine forth, His religion find new life, and His teachings and admonitions become manifest and visible.

Throughout his writings, St. Augustine strongly affirms the Catholic understanding of this and other such Scriptural admonitions.

Uda left behind an hortatory will or testament which offered general admonitions or precepts Compare Precepts of Tokugawa Ieyasu for his son's guidance (see excerpt at right).

We may reasonably suppose, that, when he rose to notice, he did not want the counsels and admonitions of scholars and critics, and that he at last deliberately persisted in a practice, which he might have begun by chance.