"on pain of" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

IPA: /ɒn ˈpeɪn əv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑn ˈpeɪn əv/ [General-American]
Etymology: From on + pain (“suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty”) + of; compare French sous peine de. Etymology templates: {{m|en|on}} on, {{m|en|pain|t=suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty}} pain (“suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty”), {{m|en|of}} of, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{cog|fr|sous peine de}} French sous peine de Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on pain of, {{en-PP}} on pain of
  1. Used to warn of consequences if a specified act is done or not done: subject to the punishment of (some penalty); or (generally) subject to the circumstance of (some thing). Synonyms: under pain of, upon pain of Related terms: at the risk of Translations (subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of): op straffe van (Dutch), uhalla (Finnish), sous peine de (French), bei (German), unter Androhung von (German), pod karą (Polish), so pena de (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-on_pain_of-en-prep_phrase-n3epVtzG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "expansion": "French sous peine de",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1943 January, Irving Chernev, “Chess Thrillers”, in Chess Review",
          "text": "The White Queen is offered for sacrifice six times in succession, and must be refused each time on pain of checkmate!",
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          "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
          "word": "op straffe van"
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          "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
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          "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
          "word": "pod karą"
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      "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
      "word": "op straffe van"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
      "word": "uhalla"
    },
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      "word": "sous peine de"
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      "word": "bei"
    },
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      "word": "unter Androhung von"
    },
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      "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
      "word": "pod karą"
    },
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      "sense": "subject to the punishment or (generally) circumstance of",
      "word": "so pena de"
    }
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}

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