[kom-uh-ney-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| com·mi·na·tion (kŏm'ə-nā'shən) n. A formal denunciation. [Middle English comminacioun, from Latin comminātiō, comminātiōn-, from comminātus, past participle of comminārī, to threaten : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + minārī, to threaten; see menace.] com·min'a·to'ry (kə-mĭn'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, kŏm'ĭ-nə-) adj. |