单词 | civic oath |
释义 | > as lemmascivic oath civic oath n. [originally after French serment civique (1790)] (in some states or political systems) an oath of allegiance taken by those in public office, by the citizenry in general, or by those wishing to attain citizenship. ΚΠ 1790 Times 10 Feb. 3/3 It was afterwards proposed that every member [of the Assemblée nationale]..should take the civic oath. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member Nat. Assembly 15 [Cromwell] chose an Hales for his chief justice, though he absolutely refused to take his civic oaths, or to make any acknowledgment whatsoever of the legality of his government. 1890 Atlantic Monthly June 734/2 It had long been the custom..for the senators there to take their civic oath of fidelity to the Emperor. 1955 Church Hist. 24 105 One of their leading members..published..a four-page pamphlet listing the Biblical reasons for refusing to swear the civic oath. 1992 Internat. Migration Rev. 26 284 Strict naturalization requirements for those who are not members of the existing community of citizens: at least sixteen years residence, renunciation of previous citizenship..a civic oath and knowledge of the Latvian constitution. < as lemmas |
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