adjuration

[ aj-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an earnest request; entreaty.

  2. a solemn or desperate urging or counseling: an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter.

Origin of adjuration

1
1605–15; <Latin adjūrātiōn- (stem of adjūrātiō), equivalent to adjūrāt(us), past participle of adjūrāre to adjure + -ion--ion

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How to use adjuration in a sentence

  • This strikes us now-a-days as anything but a very solemn or a very momentous form of adjuration.

  • Before the solemn force of Nita's frenzied adjuration, the old man started and grew ashen pale.

    They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
  • Then we heard the humblest entreaties, the most fervent adjuration, not to deprive the country of such superior talents.

    Z. Marcas | Honore de Balzac
  • A thrill ran through the long line of men, and Fred heard his follower utter a low, adjuration to his unwilling steed.

    Crown and Sceptre | George Manville Fenn
  • But fortunately for us, Burke was not content with private adjuration, or even public speech.

    Obiter Dicta | Augustine Birrell