adjuration
Example Sentences
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Both set in with an adjuration, a vision.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
See here,"—an unnecessary adjuration since the Sailor was looking in solemn wonder with both eyes—-"my pal Dinkie Dawson has just been engaged for three years by the Blackhampton Rovers at four thick uns a week.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
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 Henry Charles Lea
"God bless you!"—what on earth could Harry mean by that solemn adjuration under such strange and mysterious circumstances?
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
Finally, Lem wound up his appeal with a stern adjuration.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
Vocabulary lists containing adjuration
Frankenstein
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Wuthering Heights
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Novel Study: Frankenstein, Chapters 14–24
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