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
It did not, of course, contain the abjuration of Episcopal Church-government.
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John
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 Llorente, Juan Antonio
From his Catharan bishop he received absolution for his oath of abjuration, and was received back into the sect.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
If this were duly attended to, he could always be handed over to the secular arm without a hearing in case of relapse, except when the abjuration had been for light suspicion.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
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