'Commination' definitions:
Definition of 'commination'
(from WordNet)
noun
Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
noun
A threat of divine punishment or vengeance
Definition of 'Commination'
From: 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. [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]