abjuration
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On the scaffold's spacious platform Joan is to appear, surrounded by the ecclesiastics, and make a public abjuration.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
As early as 1184 the Verona decree of Lucius III. provides that those who, after abjuration, relapse into the abjured heresy shall be delivered to the secular courts, without even the opportunity of being heard.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
Doubts, however, as to the genuineness of his abjuration again troubled the Kirk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
More straightforward and frank in his projects, moreover, convinced of the success of his plan, the Bishop sums up the deliberation and absolutely opposes the idea of attempting a second abjuration.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
Henry IV., after his victories, his abjuration, and his coronation, caused a cross to be erected in Rome, with the following inscription: In hoc signa vincis.
From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by G. W. (George William) Foote
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jur, jus, List 1
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