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COMMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commination mean? 

COMMINATION (noun)
  The noun COMMINATION has 2 senses:

1. prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesdayplay

2. a threat of divine punishment or vengeanceplay

  Familiarity information: COMMINATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMINATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commination" is a kind of...):

orison; petition; prayer (reverent petition to a deity)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A threat of divine punishment or vengeance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commination" is a kind of...):

threat (declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another)


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