exhortation
n. US //ˌɛɡˌzɔɹˈteɪʃən// UK //ɛɡzɔːtˈeɪʃən// ex·hor·ta·tion
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.