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单词 juration
释义

juration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iurationem, accusative singular of iuratio (swearing, oath, vow).

Noun

juration (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The process or act of making an oath.
    • 1888, Janet Ross, Three Generations of English Women, J. Murray, page 13:
      Lord Lyttelton has detected in our Sydney's 'Letters' "two oaths," or, to speak more accurately (for there is no juration in the case), two "d—ns," pp. 6 and 16.
    • 2005, Lisa Mulcahy, quoting Nick Stucchio, Theater Festivals, Allworth, →ISBN:
      There's this fringe movement going around the world, and much of the movement claims that the fringe movement is fundamentally about non-juration.
    • 2016, Stephen G Myers, Scottish Federalism and Covenantalism in Transition, Lutterworth Press, →ISBN, page 22:
      As the imposition of objectionable oaths had served as the pretext for the persecution of presbyterians during the covenanting era, Erskine had good cause to fear that non-juration would carry a heavy cost; faced with the approach of that threat, Erskine was preparing humself for the suffering that would accompany it.
  • juratory
  • jurative
  • adjuration

References

  • juration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  • juration”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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