Fŭl/mi-nā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. fulminatio, Fr. fulmination, Pr. fulminatio, Sp. fulminacion, It. fulminazione.]

1. The act of fulminating, thundering, thundering forth, or issuing forth, with authority and violence; detonation.
2. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; menace or censure.

The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule. Ayliffe.