commination
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Even the bishops and abbots of Norman blood disregarded the commination, and remained staunch to Harold.
From Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
There was more than unveiling of the weakness of any human policy or party; the letter was in part a commination of individual conduct.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
They toiled upward with stubborn determination, and wasted breath in voluble commination of the length of the way, when they could have employed it more usefully in compassing it.
From White Fire 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
Then Oliver had a try; but in a minute he, too, was reciting the commination service.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
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