About The Word Adjuration
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Adjuration
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What's The Definition Of Adjuration?
[n] a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjuration: Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjuration: See Also | appeal | entreaty | prayer Adjuration In Webster's Dictionary \Ad`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf.
F. adjuration. See {Adjure}.]
1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under
the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration
shall. --Bp. Hall.
2. The form of oath or appeal.
Persons who . . . made use of prayer and
adjurations. --Addison.
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