Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Comminatory \Com*min"a*to"ry\, a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.]
   Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
   --B. Jonson.

Source : WordNet®

comminatory
     adj : containing warning of punishment [syn: {denunciative}, {denunciatory}]