commination
[kom-uh-ney-shuh n]
- a threat of punishment or vengeance.
- a denunciation.
- (in the Church of England) a penitential office read on Ash Wednesday in which God's anger and judgments are proclaimed against sinners.
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Origin of commination
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obloquyproscriptioncurseexecrationcondemnationimprecationanathemamaledictiondenunciationexcommunicationdiatribethreateningExamples from the Web for commination
Historical Examples
A papal excommunication is a billet-doux compared to the Commination of Jugana.
The Lock And Key LibraryVarious
Then follows a commination at the end, which is not unusual in such cases.
Then Oliver had a try; but in a minute he, too, was reciting the commination service.
The Log of a Sea-WaifFrank T. Bullen
But I find no such prayer and wish in any word of the Commination Service.
Town and Country SermonsCharles Kingsley
And that we can only answer by the context of the Commination Service.
Town and Country SermonsCharles Kingsley
commination
- the act or an instance of threatening punishment or vengeance
- Church of England a recital of prayers, including a list of God's judgments against sinners, in the office for Ash Wednesday
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin comminātiō, from comminārī to menace, from com- (intensive) + minārī to threaten
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