COMMINATION • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Commination

... so we arranged for the extra service at 5.30. It was to be purely a soldiers' service. But a word or two about the Friday evening special Lenten service. Familiar hymns, a metrical litany, and part of the Commination Service were gladly joined in by a large number of men, the cathedral being more than half full, and the archdeacon gave us a very helpful address. After that service a good number of men stayed ...

— With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back • Edward P. Lowry