adjuration
Example Sentences
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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both set in with an adjuration, a vision.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan
There was no pretence of moderation, and, save in the technical adjuration for mercy, no attempt to evade the responsibility.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Muttering an angry adjuration at the ghostly oarsman, he threw himself upon the ground.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
"I would have answered you truly without any adjuration," answered the clergyman.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
