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He is even just to the writers of the eighteenth century, whose manner he disliked, and whose society he had abjured.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

If any had, I would have told them they spoke untruly—that I had abjured the world, and all its joys, for ever; and that, henceforth, William Mowbray would not be as other men.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay

They represented to him how  Christians, who had abjured their creed and embraced the Moslem faith, had risen to the highest offices, even to the post of grand vizier, or prime minister of the empire.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

He returned to the faith of the church, but relapsed some time after into the same error, although he had abjured, before the Council of Ratisbonne, in 792, and before Pope Adrian, at Rome.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

Before Holbein came back from England many churches had abjured all pictures.

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice