01 n. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
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A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.“With terrible comminations to all them that did resist.” — Foxe.“Those thunders of commination.” — I. Taylor.
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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.