solemn oath
31Solemn League and Covenant — The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians. It was agreed to in 1643, during the First English Civil War.The Protestant leaders of the embattled English… …
32oath — noun 1 formal promise ADJECTIVE ▪ sacred, solemn ▪ blood ▪ Hippocratic ▪ a doctor s Hippocratic oath ▪ presidential …
33oath — noun (plural oaths) Etymology: Middle English ooth, from Old English āth; akin to Old High German eid oath, Middle Irish oeth Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what… …
34oath — A solemn affirmation or attestation. * * * oath see HIPPOCRATIC OATH * * * (ōth) a solemn declaration or affirmation …
35solemn — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ She usually had a smile on her face, but now she looked solemn. ▪ become, grow ▪ …
36oath — /oʊθ / (say ohth) noun (plural oaths /oʊðz/ (say ohdhz)) 1. a solemn appeal to God, or to some revered person or thing, in attestation of the truth of a statement or the binding character of a promise: to testify upon oath. 2. a statement or… …
37Oath of abjuration — Abjuration Ab ju*ra tion, n. [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.] 1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. [1913… …
38oath — 1. noun a) A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king, or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water, b) the… …
39oath — [[t]oʊθ[/t]] n. pl. oaths (ōtz, ōths). 1) a solemn appeal to a deity or to some revered person or thing to witness one s determination to speak the truth or keep a promise 2) any statement, promise, or affirmation accepted as the equivalent of… …
40oath — A calling on God to witness what is averred as truth, accompanied expressly or impliedly with an invocation of God s vengeance or a renunciation of God s favor in the event of falsehood. 39 Am J1st Oath § 2. A solemn appeal to God, to a superior… …
