commination
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin comminātiō, from comminor (“to threaten”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]commination (plural comminations)
- A formal denunciation; especially one threatening divine punishment.
- Synonym: cataplexis
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- ROMEO Good gentle youth, tempt not a desp’rate man. / ... I beseech thee, youth, / Put not another sin upon my head / By urging me to fury... / PARIS I do defy thy commination / And apprehend thee for a felon here.