abjuration
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This was not a strictly formal abjuration such as was customarily required of prisoners of the Inquisition, yet it might have sufficed.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
He was appointed librarian of the Vatican by Innocent X., and was sent to Innsbruck by Alexander VII. to receive Queen Christina’s abjuration of Protestantism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
The Bishop beckons to one of the registrars, who brings to him a parchment containing the formula of abjuration.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
On the second day after the abjuration, the patient is out of danger.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
Doubts, however, as to the genuineness of his abjuration again troubled the Kirk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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jur, jus, List 1
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jur, jus, List 1
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