Commination

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  • noun. A formal denunciation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A threatening or denunciation; a threat of punishment or vengeance.
  • noun. Specifically In the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, a penitential office directed to be used after the Litany on Ash Wednesday and at other times appointed by the ordinary.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
  • noun. An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment, read out in church on Ash Wednesday
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a threat of divine punishment or vengeance
  • noun. prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
    • Word Usage
    "It has a kind of commination appropriate to itself alone."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    orison  petition  prayer  threat  
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