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comminative

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com⋅mi⋅na⋅tion

  [kom-uh-ney-shuhn]
Use comminative in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< AF) < L comminātiōn- (s. of comminātīo), equiv. to commināt(us), ptp. of comminārī to threaten (com- com- + minārī to threaten) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
com⋅mi⋅na⋅tor, noun
com⋅min⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [kuh-min-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kom-uh-nuh-] , com⋅mi⋅na⋅tive, adjective
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