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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMINATORY

comminatory  [ˈkɒmɪnətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMINATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Comminatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COMMINATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Comminatory

In law, a comminatory is a clause inserted into a law, edict, patent, etc., describing a punishment that is to be imposed on delinquents, which, however, is not in practice executed with the rigor that is conveyed in the description, or not even executed at all. Thus, in some countries, when an exile is enjoined not to return on pain of death, it is deemed a comminatory penalty, since, if he did return, it is not strictly executed, but instead the same threat is laid on him again, which is more than comminatory.

Definition of comminatory in the English dictionary

The definition of comminatory in the dictionary is threatening punishment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMINATORY


combinatory
ˈkɒmbɪnətərɪ
criminatory
ˈkrɪmɪnətərɪ
declinatory
dɪˈklaɪnətərɪ
discriminatory
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ
divinatory
dɪˈvɪnətərɪ
eliminatory
ɪˈlɪmɪnətərɪ
explanatory
ɪkˈsplænətərɪ
exterminatory
ɪkˈstɜːmɪnətərɪ
hallucinatory
həˈluːsɪnətərɪ
incriminatory
ɪnˈkrɪmɪnətərɪ
minatorial
ˈmɪnətərɪ
minatorially
ˈmɪnətərɪ
minatorily
ˈmɪnətərɪ
minatory
ˈmɪnətərɪ
obsignatory
ɒbˈsɪɡnətərɪ
procrastinatory
prəʊˈkræstɪnətərɪ
sanatory
ˈsænətərɪ
signatory
ˈsɪɡnətərɪ
terminatory
ˈtɜːmɪnətərɪ
vaticinatory
vəˈtɪsɪnətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMINATORY

commie
commies
comminate
commination
comminative
Commines
commingle
comminute
comminuted
comminuted fracture
comminution
commis
commis chef
commiserable
commiserate
commiseratingly
commiseration
commiserative
commiseratively
commiserator

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMINATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
migratory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
research laboratory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of comminatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «comminatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMINATORY

Find out the translation of comminatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of comminatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «comminatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

comminatory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conminatoria
570 millions of speakers

English

comminatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

comminatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

comminatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

comminatory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comminatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

comminatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comminatoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Comminatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

comminatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

comminatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

comminatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Comminatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

comminatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

comminatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Comminatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

comminatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

comminatory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

comminatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

comminatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cominatorii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

comminatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

comminatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

comminatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

comminatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of comminatory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMINATORY»

The term «comminatory» is used very little and occupies the 183.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMINATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «comminatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «comminatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about comminatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMINATORY»

Discover the use of comminatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to comminatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of Prophecy
Attributed to divine inspiration, her exhortations to turn away from evil are most properly characterized as comminatory prophecies. Aquinas, following the lead of other theologians, distinguished between various types of prophecy and ...
Claire Lynn Sahlin, 2001
2
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
comminatory [kah-min-uh-to-ree] or [kuh-min-uh-to-ree] a rare word meaning ' threatening, punitive, or vengeful.' It is related to commination, which means 'the threatening of divine vengeance'; both words come from a Latin verb meaning 'to  ...
Erin McKean, 2006
3
Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family
What was my surprise when Duroc, who was always sent on missions of this sort, called one day to inform me that I had received into my house a factious priest, who had brought to France copies of the comminatory Bull, addressed to the ...
Laure Junot Abrantès (duchesse d'), 1836
4
Hymns and Choirs: Or, The Matter and the Manner of the ...
COMMINATORY HYMNS. 81 exultation in anticipating Heaven. The reigning spirit of the volume is thus in unison with the state of a redeemed soul, which sings " I 've found the pearl of greatest price ; My heart doth sing for joy ; And sing I must ...
Austin Phelps, Edwards Amasa Park, Daniel Little Furber, 1860
5
State and Society: A Reader in Comparative Political Sociology
In it, the astreinte judgment is, and has to be, deprived of every comminatory element and reduced to a simple liquidation of damages. Planiol and Ripert describe in the following way the dilemma confronting the French judges: Now the ...
Reinhard Bendix, 1973
6
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...
... what the parties really intended, in which the courts have taken the reasonableness of the provision as liquidated damages into consideration, for the purpose of determining whether it was intended as such or only as a comminatory sum.
New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell, 1840
7
Corporations and Partnerships in Romania
under penalty of payment of comminatory damages.1 The right to initiate a regulatory suit shall be lost by limitation after one year as from the date the company has been incorporated. The founders, the company's representatives, as well as ...
Dragos-Alexandru Sitaru, 2011
8
English Historical Documents, 1189-1327
As when the cause ceases the effect ceases, we decree that if a judge ordinary or a judge delegate has pronounced a comminatory or interlocutory sentence on anything, an order for the execution of which would prejudice one of the parties ...
David Charles Douglas, Harry Rothwell, 1996
9
Sermons on the Following Subjects ...
Now in this prediction there is evidently contained, iji, Something comminatory, or by way of Tbreat- ning, with regard to the Jews; And, zdly, a particular Promise in relation to the Gentiles ; joined with a general Declaration concerning the State ...
Samuel Clarke, John Clarke, Benjamin Hoadly, 1730
10
The Church of England Quarterly Review
On the day of the Epiphany, Louis, Henry, and Becket, with envoys from the Pope , met at Montmirail, in obedience to the comminatory letters from Alexander; and in accordance with the counsel of Louis, and the archbishops and bishops and ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMINATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term comminatory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Group takes guns in church case to federal appeals court
"I'm sorry that we live as a more comminatory society and you have to think that somebody has always got to be armed in order to protect ... «Gainesville Times, Oct 11»
2
Western nations in cyber arms race
Western nations have not yet laid claim to having fired cyber weapons but rhetoric is heavy with comminatory. Both Britain and the United ... «iT News, Sep 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Comminatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/comminatory>. May 2024 ».
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