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Definition of Comminatory
1. Adjective. Containing warning of punishment.
Similar to: Inculpative, Inculpatory
Derivative terms: Comminate, Denounce
Definition of Comminatory
1. a. Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
Definition of Comminatory
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to commination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comminatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comminatory
Literary usage of Comminatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of [European] History by Grace Reade Robinson, James Harvey Robinson (1899)
"I dated ) 730, have always been considered purely comminatory, and that the
Farmers-General themselves have publicly ..."
2. A History of My Time: Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier by duc Etienne-Denis Pasquier, Edme Armand Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier (1893)
"... Bonaparte—Occupation of Rome by the French troops — Pius VII. addresses a
comminatory brief to Napoleon — General uprising in Spain against the French, ..."
3. Hymns and Choirs: Or, The Matter and the Manner of the Service of Song in by Austin Phelps, Edwards Amasa Park, Daniel Little Furber (1860)
"comminatory Hymns. Hymns of commination are not favorites to a healthy Christian
taste. They should not fill a large place in a collection designed for ..."
4. Moral Difficulties Connected with the Bible: ...being the Boyle Lectures for by James Augustus Hessey (1873)
"... and the employment of comminatory and Imprecatory passages in the Psalms,
which, it is urged, could scarcely have been sanctioned by a God of Love. ..."
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