adjuration
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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
Playing backgammon with Pope Jules II., his form of adjuration was Chardieu bénit! when he lost, and Chardon bénit! when he won.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian
This solemn adjuration was answered by as solemn assurances to obey me in whatever I required of them.
From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson
An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
"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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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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