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commination (encz) | commination,hrozba n: Zdeněk Brož |
Commination (gcide) | 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.
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With terrible comminations to all them that did
resist. --Foxe.
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Those thunders of commination. --I. Taylor.
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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.
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commination (wn) | 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 |
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Commination (gcide) | 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.
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With terrible comminations to all them that did
resist. --Foxe.
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Those thunders of commination. --I. Taylor.
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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.
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