Read full poem →a Bill for securing the Protestant religion.
This Bill required the Sovereign to take an oath
that he did not believe in transubstantiation, but
Dictionary Entry
A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
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Common Phrases
. oathoath underoath uponoath solemn
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Poetry examples for “oath”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →_Adam._ What is it tho’? for I will take my oath
You’ve got some fancy stirring in your brain.
Read full poem →And yet remains the face she had before.
How long her locks were ere her oath she took,
So long they be since she her faith forsook.
Read full poem →That he should ne'er return into the realm:
And know, my lord, ere I will break my oath, 85
Read full poem →The Snowdrop's time to flower,
Fair as the rash oath of virginity
Which is first-love's first cry;
Read full poem →The love that grew a reckless growth,
Unmindful that the marriage-oath
To love in an eternal style
Read full poem →warrants si all issue, but | pon probable cause. supported
by oath or affirmation, and part cularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things tu be seized.
Read full poem →States, or under any State, who, having previously taken
an oath as a member of Conyress, oras an officer of the Uni-
ted States, or as a member of any State Legislature. or as
Read full poem →CLAUSE 7. Before he enter on the execution of his
office. he shall take the following oath or affirmation: —‘‘ I
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute
Read full poem →a but of rapidly goes gobs the and of flecks of and a chatter sobbings
intersect with which distinct disks of graceful oath, upsoarings the
break on ceiling- flatness