imprecation

• And in that vehement imprecation, the prophet expresses the highest of God's anger, Give them, O Lord, what wilt thou give them? —  Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel
• It was an imprecation, and in its very deliberation I glimpsed the flare of an undying hate About three o'clock that afternoon Jimmy's prediction was fulfilled. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
• Her imprecation was accomplished, and upon the testimony of an itinerant juggler, John Stewart, she was arraigned before a Court of Justice. —  The Superstitions of Witchcraft
• Curse on the sordid fear Stop," cried Richard, seizing the arm he had raised in imprecation, and fixing on him an eye of stem command. —  Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author
• It is not proper that the enemy should get possession of the weapon, on which the consul, standing, pronounced the imprecation: if they should get possession of it, then an expiation must be made to Mars by the sacrifices called the Suove-taurilia. —  The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08

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