damnatory

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The work of ingenuity in question turned out to be a decree of excommunication, certainly a very ponderous and damnatory one, compiled by Ernulphus, a learned bishop of Rochester.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

We have seen that it was Queen Elizabeth’s godson Sir John Harington, who first recorded the positive introduction of the damnatory oath.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

The feeling of the Whigs against these anti-slavery men was bitter and damnatory to the last degree.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.

The great objection to that Creed, apart from the damnatory clauses, is the certainty that it will be misunderstood by most of those who think they understand it at all.

From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings

This is courting patronage in a style rather too arrogant and damnatory.

From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John N.