What is "on pain of"

Usage examples of "on pain of".

Until then, honor me in this much: The crown hereby forbids all non-royal use of magic south of the High Road, on pain of confiscation, imprisonment, or death-depending on whether it is we who find you or the ghazneths.

She barely managed to catch the verdict of the elders, that Rannulf Yelensdaughter should cease these games on pain of Shunning&amp.

I wish you to make me that, but I wish the instruction given in secret and no word of it ever to pass your lips on pain of instant death –.

Allworthy had given the fellow strict orders, on pain of forfeiting his place, never to trespass on any of his neighbours.

Having satisfied himself of the truth of the extraordinary statement he had received, the grand master gave orders for the immediate repair of the coffin, the restoration of the torn hanging, and the cleansing of the floor, charging the giants, on pain of death, not to breathe another word as to the mysterious appearance of Father Peto and the hounds.

He therefore crossed the river at Penwortham, and marched into the Fylde, a large tract lying between the estuaries of the Ribble and the Wyre, and took up his quarters at Kirkham and Lytham, and immediately issued warrants commanding all the inhabitants of the Fylde, above sixteen and under sixty, on pain of death, to appear before him at Kirkham, armed with the best weapons they could provide.

Ormulogun is the Host's historian, since we ain't got any other, and he's charged on pain of death to keep things accurate, right down to the nosehairs.

Just because she had exiled him from Caemlyn, on pain of death, for giving her the advice he had sworn to give .

His outstretched hands crackled with lethal magic as he shouted at his drow band to stand and fight, on pain of death.

For as Ciaran swore to keep the terms laid down on pain of death, so did I swear an oath as solemn to follow him the length of the land, and if ever he broke his terms for a moment, to have his life as payment for my lord.

The matron mother had just forbidden her to leave the city, on pain of death.