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adjuration

[aj-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /








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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

Here there was a fierce adjuration from the Malays in the other boat, which Hilton obeyed to the extent of speaking in a lower tone.

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

Yet at times, rising upon the flood of feeling, he shot out a solemn adjuration or asserted an opinion with a fiery emphasis that electrified the audience into applause.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William

She went away a few minutes afterwards, stopping for awhile to exchange greetings with Ann Packet, to whom she gave her address—a back street in Southwark Bridge Road—after much adjuration.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

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




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