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
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 Leuba, James H. (James Henry)
He was too cunning a man—too well versed in human nature—to attempt heroics with such a girl as Rhoda, and there was no enraptured catching of hands, no falling upon one knee, no passionate adjuration.
From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville
The priest put out his arm with a word of adjuration.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
The solemn adjuration was put, the question asked, and Aymer in an audible voice replied, “I will.”
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
