亚洲网紅露点

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commination

[ kom-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a threat of punishment or vengeance.
  2. a denunciation.
  3. (in the Church of England) a penitential office read on Ash Wednesday in which God's anger and judgments are proclaimed against sinners.


commination

/ -tr瑟; 藞k蓲m瑟n蓹t蓹r瑟; 藢k蓲m瑟藞ne瑟蕛蓹n /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of threatening punishment or vengeance
  2. Church of England a recital of prayers, including a list of God's judgments against sinners, in the office for Ash Wednesday
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • comminatory, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞尘顎僲颈路苍补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 肠辞尘路尘颈苍路补路迟辞路谤测 [k, uh, -, min, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kom, -, uh, -n, uh, -], 肠辞尘顎僲颈路苍补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of commination1

1400鈥50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻迟墨辞 ), equivalent to 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻迟 ( us ), past participle of 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻谤墨 to threaten ( com- com- + 尘颈苍腻谤墨 to threaten) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of commination1

C15: from Latin 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻迟i艒, from 肠辞尘尘颈苍腻谤墨 to menace, from com- (intensive) + 尘颈苍腻谤墨 to threaten
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Example Sentences

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

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They toiled upward with stubborn determination, and wasted breath in voluble commination of the length of the way, when they could have employed it more usefully in compassing it.

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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.

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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.

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Then Oliver had a try; but in a minute he, too, was reciting the commination service.

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