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Definition of Abjurations
1. abjuration [n] - See also: abjuration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abjurations
Literary usage of Abjurations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1841)
"... are but three abjurations. The first beginnings and progress of Luther's
doctrine are so well known, that I need not The ..."
2. Britton: An English Translation and Notes by Francis Morgan Nichols (1901)
"Of abjurations. 1. Concerning those who fly to churches for their crimes, our
will is, that the coroner of the place go to them to inquire wherefore they ..."
3. Paris in 1789-94: Farewell Letters of Victims of the Guillotine by John Goldworth Alger (1902)
"... —Bye-laws—Victualling—The Maximum—Civic Lent—Pet Animals —Butchers and
Bakers—Requisitions—Iconoclasm—abjurations of Priests and Nuns—Treatment of Royal ..."
4. The Child in Human Progress by George Henry Payne (1916)
"CHAPTER VII MOST ANCIENT NATION WAS KIND TO CHILDREN— ECONOMIC PRESSURE BROUGHT
NO SPECIAL CRUELTY—PICTURE OF THE PROLETARIAT—abjurations OF THE OLDEST BOOK ..."
5. The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Henry Martyn Baird (1895)
"The very abjurations in writing were such papers as men draw up when they wish
rather to appear to vouch for something, than actually to do so. ..."
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