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)

We remember two criticisms of the same work in the same week: one laudatory, especially of the facility and accuracy of its classical translations; the other damnatory for its cumbrous and unscholarlike versions.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various

Nevertheless, its contents were discussed pretty widely, and were said to be of a nature very damnatory to Algernon Errington's character.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

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

With regard to one or two damnatory charges, he implicitly believed them to be true, but he failed to secure any substantial proof whatever.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles