Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Taking an oath; swearing.
  • noun One who takes an oath.

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Examples

  • Non est qui doleat vicem, ut Petrus Christum, jurant se hominem non novisse.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Cette anecdote rappelle celle du bonhomme qui, pour se venger de la société des chemins de fer, prit un billet aller et retour, en se jurant tout bas de ne pas revenir, tout simplement pour faire enrager "ces fourbes-là."

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

  • The preface contains a characteristic account of the compiler, who described himself as "a priest of the old Scots Episcopal Church, and last of the non-jurant clergy in Scotland."

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

  • Elizabeth, he came forward to acquit her of having furnished him with it; "jurant et blasphémant tous les sermens du monde pour la justification de la dicte Dame Elizabeth."

    The Reign of Mary Tudor James Anthony Froude 1856

  • Not that such universally prevalent, universally jurant, feeling of

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Royal Allemand to the gallop; and vanishes, swearing (en jurant).

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • For the rest, Non-jurant Priests, and the repression of them, will distract the King's conscience; Emigrant Princes and Noblesse will force him to double-dealing: there must be veto on veto; amid the ever-waxing indignation of men.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • XXX. i 5, 4. lovem lapidem jurant Ro - mani ex veteri ricu.

    Historiarum quidquid superest; 1789

  • And, if I’m not mistaken, the person doing the swearing is called the “jurant”.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Jurat 2010

  • _sollicitant_ son pardon, et en se _jurant_ l'un à l'autre une éternelle amitié.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

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  • From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution

    March 6, 2011

  • Admittedly I’m not au courant.
    It’s an opinion - I’m no jurant.
    But I’d be suspicious
    Of offers of riches.
    You may believe, but I sure can’t.

    December 11, 2014