Antonyms for commination


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-uh-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm əˈneɪ ʃən


Definition of commination

  • noun ban
Example sentences :
  • A papal excommunication is a billet-doux compared to the Commination of Jugana.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • Then follows a commination at the end, which is not unusual in such cases.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 » by E. Rameur
  • Then Oliver had a try; but in a minute he, too, was reciting the commination service.
  • Extract from : « The Log of a Sea-Waif » by Frank T. Bullen
  • But I find no such prayer and wish in any word of the Commination Service.
  • Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
  • And that we can only answer by the context of the Commination Service.
  • Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
  • In that hour that earlier form of absolution will reverse itself on his lips into one of commination.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Bills of Narcissus » by Le Gallienne, Richard
  • This general sentence of excommunication is clearly the origin of the form of Commination still said on Ash Wednesday.
  • Extract from : « Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England » by Edward L. Cutts
  • All that is given us is a sort of Commination Service writ large.
  • Extract from : « Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Many good people are pained by the Commination Service which we have just heard read.
  • Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
  • Is the Commination service uncharitable, is the preacher uncharitable, when they tell men so?
  • Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley

Synonyms for commination

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