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comminatory, a.|ˈkɒmɪnətərɪ|
[ad. med.L. comminātōri-us (in F. comminatoire), f. comminātor: see -ory.]
Conveying denunciation of punishment or vengeance; threatening, denunciatory.
1508Fisher Wks. 169 The decre comminatory whiche was ony beest that toucheth the hyll..shall suffre deth. 1605Answ. Supposed Discov. Rom. Doctr. 39 What comminatory letters did they write to his Maiestie. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 532 The rest of the Prophecy is..Comminatory, or chiefly consisting in threatenings. 1798Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 413 The comminatory thunders of the Roman pontifs. 1890W. O'Brien When we were Boys (ed. 2) 502 ‘Bah!’ he said, waving a comminatory arm at the angry crowd.
†b. as n. Obs.
1656Shepherd's Kalendar viii. (heading), The pains of Hell comminatories of Sinnes. |