damnatory

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The "Athanasian" creed is in disrepute, and its statement of dogmatic Christology is involved in the discredit attaching to the damnatory clauses.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

He at once incriminated himself, and was soon induced to bring damnatory accusations against his friends.

From The Last Look A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition by Kingston, William Henry Giles

He had found that by doing so he could lower a judge in the estimation of the jury, and thus diminish the force of a damnatory charge.

From Cousin Henry by Trollope, Anthony

He had learned Mrs. Stiggs's address, and the name of Trotter's Buildings, which details were to his mind circumstantial, corroborative, and damnatory.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony

Hans was both annoyed and surprised as time passed on and the "cakes succulent but damnatory" were not forthcoming from Gottlieb's oven.

From A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 by Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas)