vow
noun
a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment.
vower
-
a word derived from
vow.
Example Sentences
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And we cudden find the dreckshuns, and we bea'nt no schullards, but we do knaw that two and two do maake vower.
From The Birthright by Hocking, Joseph
The commutation of a non-reserved vow into something better or equally good may be made by the vower himself, if there are no rights of a third party to forbid this.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Hence, this kind of annulment may be exercised by all those who have such private authority over the will of the vower as to be able either to confirm or to cancel his acts.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
If the vower has determined the relation of the items of the vow one to another, coalescence can be judged from his intention.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
How I hate the blatant vower of vows!
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
