Oath of Abjuration

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proper noun historical An oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite Pretender.

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Oath of Allegiance was revived by the Oath of Abjuration, and the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
The Honourable William Livingston, Efq. was conducted into the Council-Cham - ber; and, having made and fubferibed the folemn Declaration appointed by the Conftitution, and taken the Oath of Abjuration directed by the Election Ordi - nance, and an Oath for the due Execution of the Office of Governor, he took the Chair as Prefident of the Council.

A journal of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the state of New-Jersey .. 1777
Abrogated the Oath of Abjuration, and diffolved themfelves, March 17. 'fending odt Wcites (before their fifing) for a New Eledioa ro meet jip: 2j, 1660.

A short survey of the lineal descent of the sovereign princes, that are most considerable in Europe. In III. books bound together. ... Collected and published by William Alexander .. 1704
"By the Oath of Abjuration the priest was ordered to swear that the sacrifice of the mass and the invocation of the

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