Define the word Oath of abjuration"Oath of abjuration" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
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2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of
heresy.
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Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the
present royal family to the crown of England, and
expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the
Pretender. --Brande & C.
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