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.
COMMINATORY
Com*min"a*to"ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. comminatoire.]
Defn: Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B.
Jonson.
COMMINGLE
Com*min"gle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Commingled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Commingling.]
Defn: To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon.
COMMINGLER
Com*min"gler, n.
Defn: One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating of water by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
COMMINUTE
Com"mi*nute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Comminuting.] Etym: [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute;
com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.]
Defn: To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.
COMMINUTION
Com`mi*nu"tion, n.