commination
Example Sentences
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He's cursed me forever—Put it all down in black and white—a regular commination service.
From The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit
It sounds to me much more like a commination service.
From The Moon out of Reach by Margaret Pedler
Until, at last, after one or two heavy falls of his own occasioning, Tom gave it up, spluttered a final commination on his opponent, and turned to go home.
From A Maid of the Silver Sea by John Oxenham
For some moments he kept silence—as if in unspeakable commination.
From Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Nowhere, however, in this Epistle is there any trace of an established ministry; on the contrary, at the close, the 'spiritual' among them are instructed to administer the office of commination.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
