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Noun: commination  ,kó-mu'ney-shun
  1. Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
     
  2. A threat of divine punishment or vengeance

Derived forms: comminations

Type of: orison [archaic], petition, prayer, threat

Encyclopedia: Commination

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