Commination

Commination
Commination Com`mi*na"tion, n. [L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.] 1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance. [1913 Webster]

With terrible comminations to all them that did resist. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]

Those thunders of commination. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • commination — ⇒COMMINATION, subst. fém. A. RHÉT. Figure consistant à intimider l auditeur par l annonce de malheurs futurs afin de le contraindre à changer d attitude morale. B. RELIG. CATH. Menaces de châtiment à l adresse du pécheur non repenti : • 1. Le… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Comminatĭon — (v. lat.), 1) Bedrohung; 2) Androhung göttlicher Strafen, in der Anglikanischen Kirche zur Aschermittwoch. Daher Comminatorisch, bedrohend, androhend …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Commination — Commination, Bedrohung; comminatorisch, bedrohend …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • commination — index denunciation, disapprobation, imprecation, menace, notice (warning), phillipic, threat, warning …   Law dictionary

  • commination — [käm΄ə nā′shən] n. [ME comminacioun < L comminatio < comminatus, pp. of comminari, to threaten < com , intens. + minari, to MENACE] a threat or denunciation comminatory [käm′i nə tôr΄ē, kə min′ətôr΄ē] adj …   English World dictionary

  • commination — (ko mmi na sion) s. f. 1°   Dénonciation de la colère et surtout de la colère céleste. •   Au commencement du carême, à la cérémonie de la commination, on prononçait ces malédictions du Deutéronome, CHATEAUB. Génie, IV, I, 3. 2°   Figure de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • commination — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin commination , comminatio, from comminari to threaten, from com + minari to threaten more at mount Date: 15th century denunciation • comminatory adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • commination — comminator, n. comminatory /keuh min euh tawr ee, tohr ee, kom euh neuh /, comminative, adj. /kom euh nay sheuhn/, n. 1. a threat of punishment or vengeance. 2. a denunciation. 3. (in the Church of England) a penitential office read on Ash… …   Universalium

  • commination — noun a formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment, read out in church on Ash Wednesday See Also: comminative, comminatory …   Wiktionary

  • commination — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ban, curse, malediction, condemnation, imprecation, anathema, execration, diatribe, excommunication, threatening, obloquy, threat of punishment, damaging imputation, proscription, denunciation, denouncing as evil; see also… …   English dictionary for students

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