adjurern.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxix. 24 The adiurere [L.V. a man chargynge greetli; L. adjurantem] he hereth, and not shewith.

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. ii. 10 Of reasonable creatures not subiect to the Adiurers authoritie, some be Spirits, and some be men.

1697 J. Headrich Arcana Philosophia 116 This Disease is familiarly cured by the Adjurers of Divels.

1737 W. Whiston Acct. Dæmoniacks 32 A great many of our Christian men..do still cure such as could not be cured by any other adjurers, or enchanters, or charmers whomsoever.

1866 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 8 297 All the sins of the adjurer.

1892 G. J. Holyoake 60 Years Agitator's Life I. vii. 29 It never occurred to these eloquent adjurers that if women were thus able to exercise political influence they were entitled to use it for themselves.

1922 Syst. Bible Study i. 237/1 Oath, An appeal to God, or to authorities recognized by the respective adjurers, or to anything esteemed sacred, to witness what is affirmed.

1989 B. Margalit Ugaritic Poem of Aqht 368 An adjuration..is basically an oath sworn with the intent of coercing..the power or deity whose name is invoked to perform a certain act willed by the adjurer.

2003 J. H. Chajes Between Worlds iii. 93 Menasseh ben Israel reports..on the failure of a Jewish ‘adjurer’ to exorcise a young man successfully.