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Definition of Commination
1. Noun. Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday.
2. Noun. A threat of divine punishment or vengeance.
Definition of Commination
1. n. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
Definition of Commination
1. Noun. a formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment, read out in church on Ash Wednesday ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commination
Literary usage of Commination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of John Locke: With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and by Peter King King (1830)
"... of commination, against the country party, ordered by the King's proclamation
to be read, together with his declaration, in all the churches on the 9th ..."
2. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"commination TAKING my walk the other day, I saw a little girl at play, So
pretty, 'twould not be amiss, Thought I, to venture on a kiss. ..."
3. Origines Liturgicæ: Or, Antiquities of the English Ritual : and a by William Palmer (1832)
"A commination, AND PRAYERS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF LENT. A HIS office is one of the
last memorials we retain of that solemn public penitence which, ..."
4. Lord Beaconsfield and Other Tory Memories by Thomas Edward Kebbel (1907)
"... Love of Nature—Charming a Thrush—Edward Whitty—A Bohemian who was found Reading
the commination Service—Antinomies of Character—Johnny Baker. ..."
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