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Examples
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These two had sworn Shin'a'in bloodoath, the strongest bond known to that notoriously kin-conscious race.
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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"My friend-" Tarma startled Kethry with the phrase; their eyes met, and Kethry saw that loneliness recognized like, "-we are both Clanless; would you swear bloodoath with me?"
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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The bloodoath made them closer than sisters, closer than lovers'so close they sometimes would think as one.
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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Only two things were of any import to her at all-her Goddess and her clan (which, of course, would include her "sister" by bloodoath).
Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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These two had sword Shin'a'in bloodoath, the oath of she'enedran; the strongest bond known to that notoriously kin-conscious race.
The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988
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STEPHEN: _ (Extends his hand to her smiling and chants to the air of the bloodoath in the_ Dusk of the Gods)
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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