commination

Example Sentences

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Lest, however, this commination should not prove terrible enough, the examples of Belshazzar and others were judiciously subjoined.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Annabel Cleeve now contributed her little damnatory verse to the commination service.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

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 Bullen, Frank T.

MALEDICTON, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, fulmination.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

It sounds to me much more like a commination service.

From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret