damnatory

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The work of ingenuity in question turned out to be a decree of excommunication, certainly a very ponderous and damnatory one, compiled by Ernulphus, a learned bishop of Rochester.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

Glancing round she caught sight of the damnatory root lying on the window-sill, and before he could stop her, had grasped it, and was putting it into her mouth.

From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r

The sense of the damnatory clauses has, however, not been weakened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

The feeling of the Whigs against these anti-slavery men was bitter and damnatory to the last degree.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.

Our own code has so far relaxed that this circumstance shall not be damnatory.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir