abjuration

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The Bishop beckons to one of the registrars, who brings to him a parchment containing the formula of abjuration.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

Sibylla, wife of Bernard Borell, had been forced to confession and abjuration in 1305.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

In making the abjuration it will not be he that condemns truth, but the council; as for perjury, if perjury there be, it will fall on the heads of those who exact it.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The vow of perpetual seclusion comprises a renunciation of the pleasures and business of life, an abnegation of the claims of consanguinity, friendship and society; and an abjuration of all filial, parental and natural affection.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John