Found 2 items, similar to commination.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: commination commination n 1: prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday 2: a threat of divine punishment or vengeance
English → English (gcide) Definition: Commination Commination \Com`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.] 1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance. [1913 Webster] With terrible comminations to all them that did resist. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] Those thunders of commination. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster]