adjuration
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With this parting adjuration Mr. Hamlin turned over and tried to devote himself to his book.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
Both set in with an adjuration, a vision.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
The solemn adjuration is made in the name of the Church by her ministers and in the ritual form prescribed by her, as in the exorcisms of Baptism.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
Then followed, in order to compel them to act, an adjuration introducing the mystical names, ‘those written at birth in their heart by their father and mother.’
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba
"Hush, child, for Heaven's sake!" cried Fabian in alarm; but Gretchen paid no heed to his adjuration; she went on quite undisturbed.
From Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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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