单词 | abjuration oath |
释义 | > as lemmasabjuration oath abjuration oath n. = Oath of Abjuration n. at Phrases. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > oath disclaiming right of pretender Oath of Abjuration1612 abjuration oath1681 1681 J. Phillips Char. Popish Successour Compl. 13 By those firm English Friends that may take this Abjuration-Oath against their Consciences, he cannot mean the Fanaticks. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 27 Leading Teachers in the North, who have refused the Abjuration Oath, yet continue their Preaching. 1830 J. E. Blunt Hist. Establishm. & Resid. Jews in Eng. 112 The Declaration, but not the Abjuration Oath, is required from all persons who shall fill any office, or be employed in any Corporation. 1908 Daily Chron. 24 July 4/7 The words in the Abjuration Oath were as effective in excluding them [sc. Jews seeking to enter Parliament] as if there had been an express disqualification by statute. 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 July 14 Two women Margaret Wilson and Margaret McLauchlan were drowned at the stake by Solway tide, rather than recant and swear an abjuration oath to the Kings religious supremacy, against their conscience. < as lemmas |
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