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Definition of Adjuration
1. Noun. A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something.
Definition of Adjuration
1. n. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
Definition of Adjuration
1. Noun. a grave warning ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adjuration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjuration
Literary usage of Adjuration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1842)
"Exorcism, adjuration by which EXPERIMENTADO, DA, a. Experienced. • i/ \t<. va.
... by adjuration. • • < r / л •. гк, pa. Exorcising ; exorciser. ..."
2. The Poets and Poetry of the West: With Biographical and Critical Notices by William Turner Coggeshall (1860)
"We call—we call thee back, And suns of many a constellation bright, Shall weave
the waves of their illuming ligh adjuration. [ ADJURE thee—I adjure thee, ..."
3. Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights by Jonathan Dymond (1896)
"A curse—Immorality of oaths—Oaths of the ancient Jews— Milton—Paley—The High
Priest's adjuration—Early Christians—Inefficacy of oaths — Motives to ..."
4. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"Assents to the Oath of adjuration. —His alarming condition. — Is visited by his
friend and favourite, the Earl of Albemarle. ..."
5. A History of My Time: Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier by duc Etienne-Denis Pasquier, Edme Armand Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier (1894)
"... of the state — A renewal of harsh methods against the Pope and his councillors —
Death of the Bishop of Nantes and his dying adjuration to the Emperor. ..."
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