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exhortation

UK/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/US/ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,715 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: exhortations

An exhortation is an earnest appeal to do something. A final exhortation.

It is urging rather than ordering, which is why it can be ignored. An exhortation to work harder is the least effective way of getting anybody to.

loki11 · Public domain

Definitions of exhortation

  1. 1nounexhortationAn earnest appeal to do something.C2

    “The exhortation went on for twenty minutes.”

exhortation is an appeal.

Where it comes from

Latin exhortatio, from hortari, to urge, the same root as hortatory.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *gʰer-

  2. Latin

    exhortātiōnem

  3. Old French

    exhortacion

  4. Middle English

    exhortacioun

  5. English, today

    exhortation

Built from

  • exhortātiō · Latin — encouraging; exhortation
  • exhortor · Latin — to encourage, exhort
  • ex · Latin — out of, from
  • hortor · Latin — encourage

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). by surface analysis, exhort + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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exhortation in the wild

  • Ecclesia in America is the apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II, published on 22 January 1999.

    Ecclesia in America

  • The exhortation follows up on the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops, which met in the Vatican from 16 November to 12 December 1997.

    Ecclesia in America

  • Pastores dabo vobis (I shall give you shepherds) is an apostolic exhortation released on March 25, 1992, by Pope John Paul II.

    Pastores dabo vobis

  • Marialis Cultus (English: Marian Devotion) is the title of a Mariological apostolic exhortation by Pope Paul VI issued on February 2, 1974.

    Marialis Cultus

  • Apostolic exhortations are frequently issued following a Synod of Bishops in which case they are known as post-synodal apostolic exhortations.

    Apostolic exhortation

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the exhortor family

exhortation

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