abjuration
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Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
The importance attached to the abjuration is illustrated by a case in the Inquisition of Toulouse in 1310.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
We may even get her to maintain that her abjuration was the result of a snare, a surprise.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
If only a semi-proof of the crime exists, or if appearances will not admit of the acquittal of the prisoner, he shall make an abjuration as being either violently or slightly suspected.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
The vow of poverty embraced an unqualified abjuration of all right to acquire or hold individual property, but granted the privilege of owning property in a corporate capacity.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
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