Top 10 similar words or synonyms for exhort

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Top 30 analogous words or synonyms for exhort

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Patimokkha 21. Should any bhikkhu, unauthorized, exhort the bhikkhunīs, it is to be confessed.
Patimokkha 22. Should any bhikkhu, even if authorized, exhort the bhikkhunīs after sunset, it is to be confessed.
Itching ears Paul the Apostle wrote 2 Timothy for Timothy to exhort him during his ministry. Within the context of chapter 4, verse 2, Paul charges Timothy to preach (κήρυξον), be ready (ἐπίστηθι), correct (ἔλεγξον), rebuke (ἐπιτίμησον) and exhort (ἐπιτίμησον). Each charge is an active verb in the aorist imperative tense, which implies that Paul is making a declarative, strong statement to Timothy.
Hortative The term hortative dates to 1576, from Late Latin "hortatorius" "encouraging, cheering", from "hortatus", past participle of "hortari" "exhort, encourage", intensive of "horiri" "urge, incite, encourage".
Desecration At the turn of the century St Augustine would exhort his congregation in Carthage to smash all tangible symbols of paganism: