Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An earnest, solemn appeal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; hence, an earnest appeal or question.
- noun A solemn oath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
- noun The form of oath or appeal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A grave warning
- noun A
solemn oath
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
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Examples
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As to the second kind of adjuration, which is by compulsion, we may lawfully use it for some purposes, and not for others.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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But superiors may bind their inferiors by this kind of adjuration, if there be need for it.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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This is the kind of adjuration used in the exorcisms of the Church, whereby the power of the demons is expelled from an irrational creature.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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The other kind of adjuration is by way of compulsion: and, seemingly, neither is it lawful to use this towards them, because we have not the power to command irrational creatures, but only He of
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Nevertheless a good many modern critics accept the "adjuration" with the utmost gravity as the secret rite of an obscure and very early sect of Judaizers.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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"adjuration" of Cthulhu, and references to Kadath, Leng, and other names found only in Lovecraft's stories.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Work on the Nrcromonicon Version 1.2 by Kendrick Kerwin Chua 1993
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"calling God down on any one", Job, xxxi, 30, hence in margin of R.V. "adjuration", in Sept. ara, or horkos.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Apparently if a curse was spoken audibly (compare Lev 5: 1, “audible curse”; NRSV, “public adjuration”), it constituted a conditional rather than an absolute imprecation: it allowed the guilty party to come forth and make restitution (in the case of theft).
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And in the end, of course, Obama speaks of King and takes up the adjuration of the "young preacher from Georgia" to march forward and not to turn back.
Mayhill Fowler: Obama's Nomination Speech In Denver and Dayton 2008
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Unheard amidst this war-trumpeting was the go-slow adjuration of another of the Great Churchill's grandsons, Nicholas Soames, who was and is a Member of Parliament.
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