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View synonyms for adjuration
adjuration
[ aj-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- an earnest request; entreaty.
- a solemn or desperate urging or counseling:
an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adjuration1
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Example Sentences
This strikes us now-a-days as anything but a very solemn or a very momentous form of adjuration.
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Before the solemn force of Nita's frenzied adjuration, the old man started and grew ashen pale.
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Then we heard the humblest entreaties, the most fervent adjuration, not to deprive the country of such superior talents.
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A thrill ran through the long line of men, and Fred heard his follower utter a low, adjuration to his unwilling steed.
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But fortunately for us, Burke was not content with private adjuration, or even public speech.
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