damnatory

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The sense of the damnatory clauses has, however, not been weakened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Our own code has so far relaxed that this circumstance shall not be damnatory.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

And with this damnatory estimate of the light-hearted, easy-natured Adderley Twining, Grog banged the door and departed.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

The "Athanasian" creed is in disrepute, and its statement of dogmatic Christology is involved in the discredit attaching to the damnatory clauses.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

He would have considered it disgraceful to choose from mere impulse or from any such considerations as would fall under the damnatory epithet 'sentimental.'

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir