abjuration

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John Russell introduced a motion that the House should resolve itself into a committee to consider the mode of administering the oath of abjuration to persons professing the Jewish religion.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

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

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

In accusations of heresy, supported by evidence, however, no one could be admitted to abjuration who did not confess that of which he was accused.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 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