commination

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

commination
    n 1: prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in
         the Church of England on Ash Wednesday
    2: a threat of divine punishment or vengeance

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Commination \Com`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. comminatio, from comminari
   to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.]
   1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or
      vengeance.
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            With terrible comminations to all them that did
            resist.                               --Foxe.
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            Those thunders of commination.        --I. Taylor.
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   2. An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on
      Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and
      judgments against sinners.
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