abjuration

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A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The importance attached to the abjuration is illustrated by a case in the Inquisition of Toulouse in 1310.

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

The vow of poverty embraced an unqualified abjuration of all right to acquire or hold individual property, but granted the privilege of owning property in a corporate capacity.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

His abjuration was read to him; he acknowledged it; he said it had been extorted by the dread of fire.

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

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