commination
Example Sentences
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Always, at the end of these commination services, Tom would say to Dennis, the man, "I an't a-speakin' to you, old socks, so keep yer hair on."
From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Horace Annesley Vachell
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
Then follows a commination at the end, which is not unusual in such cases.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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
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
