ADJURATION, a part of exorcism, wherein the devil is commanded, in the name of God, to depart out of the body of the possessed, or to declare something. See EXORCISM, POSSESSION, etc.
The word is Latin, formed of adjurare, to adjure; of ad, and juro, to swear. See CONJURATION.
ADJURATION
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