commination

Example Sentences

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His method is to ask at once more than human nature can be expected to give, and then pour out a whole commination service of anathemas when his demands are not complied with.

From Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' by Murray, Gilbert

Even the bishops and abbots of Norman blood disregarded the commination, and remained staunch to Harold.

From Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Nowhere, however, in this Epistle is there any trace of an established ministry; on the contrary, at the close, the 'spiritual' among them are instructed to administer the office of commination.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

For some moments he kept silence—as if in unspeakable commination.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Then follows a commination at the end, which is not unusual in such cases.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.