adjuration
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The solemn adjuration is made in the name of the Church by her ministers and in the ritual form prescribed by her, as in the exorcisms of Baptism.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
Barnes was moved to adjuration: "I'll take my Bible oath, your Grace, that the Duchess got into the carriage outside Cane and Wilson's."
From Amusement Only by Richard Marsh
Yet at times, rising upon the flood of feeling, he shot out a solemn adjuration or asserted an opinion with a fiery emphasis that electrified the audience into applause.
From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by George William Curtis
There was no pretence of moderation, and, save in the technical adjuration for mercy, no attempt to evade the responsibility.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
To the friendly adjuration of John of Chlum he replied with tears that he would willingly revoke anything in which he could be proved to have erred.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Vocabulary lists containing adjuration
Frankenstein
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Wuthering Heights
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Novel Study: Frankenstein, Chapters 14–24
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