adjuration

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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Lea, Henry Charles

With this parting adjuration Mr. Hamlin turned over and tried to devote himself to his book.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

The priest put out his arm with a word of adjuration.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John

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 Marsh, Richard