| 单词 | negative oath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnegative oath negative oath n. (a) = negative confession n. (a) (now historical); (b) (now also) a promise not to do something or to abstain from something. ΚΠ 1646 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 62 He hath taken the Nationall Covenant before William Barton, minister of John Zacharies, the 20th of April, 1646, and the negative oath heere the 8th August, 1646. 1736 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. viii. 428 Archbishop Usher had an Allowance of four Hundred Pounds per Annum, till he could be otherwise provided for; and was soon after allowed to be Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, only upon taking the Negative Oath. 1826 N. Amer. Rev. July 90 Grammatical constructions of this kind are..; the form of negative oaths. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. LXIII. 418/1 In 1647 he was busy in drafting..the ‘Reasons’ of the university of Oxford for disagreeing with the solemn league and covenant and the negative oath. 1953 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 24 346/1 Whereas affirmative oaths of allegiance came with the fear of Communism.., today negative oaths..become the law in state after state. < as lemmas |
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