Commination
11commination — (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… …
12commination — com·mi·na·tion || ‚kÉ’mɪ neɪʃn n. threat of religious punishment or vengeance; denunciation; prayers declaring God s anger against sinners (read on Ash Wednesday in the Church of England) …
13commination — [ˌkɒmɪ neɪʃ(ə)n] noun the action of threatening divine vengeance. ↘the recital of divine threats against sinners in the Anglican Liturgy for Ash Wednesday. Origin ME: from L. comminatio(n ), from comminari, from com (expressing intensive force) + …
14commination — n. Threatening, threat, menace, denunciation …
15commination — com·mi·na·tion …
16commination — Угроза …
17commination — com•mi•na•tion [[t]ˌkɒm əˈneɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) a threat of punishment or vengeance 2) a denunciation • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME (< AF) < L comminātīo < com +minārī to threaten com•min•a•to•ry kəˈmɪn əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i, ˈkɒm ə nə adj …
18commination — /kɒməˈneɪʃən/ (say komuh nayshuhn) noun 1. a threat of punishment or vengeance. 2. a denunciation. 3. in Anglican churches, a penitential office for Ash Wednesday proclaiming God s anger and judgements against sinners. {late Middle English, from… …
19commination — n. denunciation; cursing; threatening. ♦ comminative, ♦ comminatory, a …
20commination — n. 1 the threatening of divine vengeance. 2 a the recital of divine threats against sinners in the Anglican Liturgy for Ash Wednesday. b the service that includes this. Etymology: ME f. L comminatio f. comminari threaten …
