on pain of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   with the threat of having sth done to you as a punishment if you do not obey

   and on pain of excommunication...

   has demanded that he break the engagement on pain of disinheritance.

In the movies · 1

• And all its domains under pain of death.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
• and on pain of excommunication...The Name of the Rose1986
• has demanded that he break the engagement on pain of disinheritance.Sense and Sensibility1995
• There's a pain goes on and onLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• Darling, the pain.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008
• Pain GRUNTING IN PAINThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012
• The pain is excruciating.The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• ...and extreme pain.The Master2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• no pain, no gain
• a pain in the neck