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Webster 1913 Edition
Commination
Comˊmi-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
comminatio
, from comminari
to threaten; com-
+ minari
to threaten: cf. F. commination
.] 1.
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
With terrible
comminations
to all them that did resist. Foxe.
Those thunders of
commination
. I. Taylor.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commination
COMMINATION
, n.1.
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.2.
The recital of Gods threatenings on stated days; an office in the Liturgy of the Church of England, appointed to be read on Ash Wednesday or on the first day of Lent.