comminatoryadj.
/ˈkɒmɪnətəri/ a. Conveying denunciation of punishment or vengeance; threatening, denunciatory.
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1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. 169 The decre comminatory whiche was ony beest that toucheth the hyll..shall suffre deth.
1605 Answ. Supposed Discov. Rom. Doctr. 39 What comminatory letters did they write to his Maiestie.
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 532 The rest of the Prophecy is..Comminatory, or chiefly consisting in threatenings.
1800 Ann. Reg. 1798 (Otridge ed.) Antiquities 413/2 The comminatory thunders of the Roman pontifs.
1890 W. O'Brien When we were Boys (ed. 2) 502 ‘Bah!’ he said, waving a comminatory arm at the angry crowd.
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1656 Shepherd's Kalendar viii. (heading) The pains of Hell comminatories of Sinnes.
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