abjuration

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The ceremony, called the Abjuration, was a last attempt to frighten Jeanne into confessing that her "Voices" had deceived her, and her mission was untrue.

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir

Such as shall take the Oath of Supremacy in the Bill of Rights may sit in Parliament without subscribing the Abjuration.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

The parlement of Paris declared against Mayenne, who was simply the mouthpiece of Spain, and Brissac, the governor, surrendered Abjuration of Henry IV.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

The terms to be stood on are Liberty of Conscience to all professing Scripture to be the Rule of their Faith and Worship and the Abjuration of a Single Person.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

Abjuration of the Lutheran Religion, 232.Elizabeth-Sophia of Brandenbourg, Duchess Dowager of Courland, 200.Elizabeth-Christina of Oetingen, Duchess of Blanckenbourg, 76.Elvan, t.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von