abjuration

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And certainly, since the great day of the abjuration of King Philip II in the year 1581, the country had not passed through any such violent crisis as it was now facing.

From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

A private auto-da-f� was celebrated in the hall of the tribunal, in which M. Tournon appeared without the san-benito, and signed his abjuration, with a promise never again to attend the assemblies of the freemasons.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

He escaped the massacre of St Bartholomew on the 24th of August by a feigned abjuration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

After abjuration, he was duly absolved and condemned to degradation from holy orders and imprisonment for life, in chains and on bread and water, in the inquisitorial prison of Carcassonne.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

On the scaffold's spacious platform Joan is to appear, surrounded by the ecclesiastics, and make a public abjuration.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne