Cŏm/mi-nā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. commination, Lat. comminatio, from comminari, from com, for con, and minari, to threaten.] 1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance. “With terrible comminations to all them that did resist.” Foxe. Those thunders of commination, which not unfrequently roll from orthodox pulpits over the quarters of licentious religionism, die away in fruitless echoes. I. Taylor. 2. An official ecclesiastical announcement of threats or denunciations of divine vengeance, made on stated days. Hook.