Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 11 letters

exhortation

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aehinoorttxStarts with EEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2X3H4O5R6T7A8T9I10O11N

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

E__________

Definitions

  1. a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.
  • Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, Ile end my exhortation after dinner.
  • And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for exhortation yet.

Related words