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Webster 1913 Edition
Commination
Comˊmi-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
comminatio
, from comminari
to threaten; com-
+ minari
to threaten: cf. F. commination
.] 1.
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
With terrible
comminations
to all them that did resist. Foxe.
Those thunders of
commination
. I. Taylor.
2.
An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God’s anger and judgments against sinners.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commination
COMMINATION
, n.1.
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.2.
The recital of Gods threatenings on stated days; an office in the Liturgy of the Church of England, appointed to be read on Ash Wednesday or on the first day of Lent.Definition 2024
commination
commination
English
Noun
commination (plural comminations)
- a formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment, read out in church on Ash Wednesday
Related terms
- comminative
- comminatory