damnatory

Example Sentences

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"No, no!" said the clergyman, as though he were bound on behalf of the family to repudiate an idea that was so damnatory to its honour.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

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

It is not necessarily destructive of the most charming theories, but it is very definite and damnatory as to facts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various

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

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