abjuration
Example Sentences
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It did not, of course, contain the abjuration of Episcopal Church-government.
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John
After abjuration, he was duly absolved and condemned to degradation from holy orders and imprisonment for life, in chains and on bread and water, in the inquisitorial prison of Carcassonne.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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
Much to her merit, in the eyes of Gregory, arose from her abjuration of Arianism, and the patronage she extended to religious houses.
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 Sue, Eug?ne
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