{i} threat of religious punishment or vengeance; denunciation; prayers declaring God's anger against sinners (read on Ash Wednesday in the Church of England)
An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners
a threat of divine punishment or vengeance prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday