Oath of Abjuration
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (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.
Usage notes[edit]
- Now replaced by a new oath of allegiance.[1]
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "abjuration."