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

He had fled from deserved retribution, knowing there was one man who held the damnatory secret.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

Very damnatory correspondence had been given to the world, but it was not in such a shape that the House could possibly regard it as free from suspicion.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

I shall never quite get over the baneful effect of those damnatory fulminations.

From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur

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