Punctuality at meals was frequently insisted upon, under pain of receiving nothing but bread.
He must hear mass and say matins and vespers every day, under pain of a fine of a penny, and attend certain services on feast days.
Under pain of excommunication they forbade a band of thirty Jesuit missionaries who were on their way to Transylvania to leave Spain, the reason being that they endangered their faith in embarking on such an enterprise.
The magistrates decided against the prelate's appeal, and allowed him twelve hours to comply, under pain of continued excommunication and a further fine of 1,000 ducats.
By Royal Decree of 1844 Government officials were thenceforth strictly prohibited to trade, under pain of removal from office.
Messages were sent to Zambales and other adjacent provinces ordering the natives to kill the Spaniards, under pain of incurring "King" Málong's displeasure.
And the King of Cochin could not coin money, nor roof his houses with tiles, under pain of losing his state.
No nair woman ever enters the towns under pain of death except once a year, when they may go for one night with their nayrs wherever they like.
Further, it was ordained that none take assurance, or sit under assurance of said thieves, or pay them blackmail, or give them meat or drink, under pain of death.
They might summon witnesses, under painof ecclesiastical censures.
Letters-patent were therefore obtained from Henry, ordering the prisoner to acknowledge the authority of the commission, under pain of being declared guilty of heresy and of treason.
He is told by the priest that Christ established a church on earth; that it is infallible, and that he must submit implicitly to what its popes, priests and bishops teach, under pain of 'damnation.
Fully aware that the tyranny of Henry had deprived him of the affections and support of his subjects, he commanded the unpopular monarch to appear before him, under pain of excommunication.
John obtained encouragement, Langton was severely reprehended; Innocent declared all the confederacies of the barons null and void, and forbade them for the future, under pain of excommunication.
No one, not even his principal officers, durst visit this spot for the sake of killing game, under pain of death.
They declared that no Mexican should set foot in their territory, under pain of death, but that the teules were very welcome.
She cannot be made to see that modesty of appearance and virtue in deed ought to be inseparable; and that no good girl can afford to appear bad, under pain of receiving the contempt awarded to the bad.
She is the limit beyond which no one must go, under pain of such displeasure as the weak sister can show.
From which it followed, that women with monks ought to revenge themselves, under pain of not being Christians and faithful servants of celestial doctrines.
Then by us has she been requested to answer, under pain of torture, in what state of mind she was when a young nobleman died in consequence of his commerce with her.
To confess the ladies at this time of night is a right reserved to bishops, so take yourself off; go and herd with simple monks, and never come back here again under pain of excommunication.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "under pain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
