OATH
\ˈə͡ʊθ], \ˈəʊθ], \ˈəʊ_θ]\
Definitions of OATH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
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a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegience"
By Princeton University
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A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
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A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.
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An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
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A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.
By Oddity Software
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A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
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A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.
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An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
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A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.
By Noah Webster.
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An attestation that one will tell the truth, or a promise to fulfill a pledge, often calling upon God as a witness. The best known oath is probably the witness’ pledge “to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth†during a legal proceeding. In another context, a public official usually takes an “oath of office†before assuming her position, in which she declares that she will faithfully perform her duties.
By Oddity Software
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A solemn declaration that one speaks the truth, with an appeal to God as witness; a profane use of the name of God or of any sacred thing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A solemn statement with an appeal to God as witness, and a calling for his vengeance in case of faisehood or failure:-pl. OATHS (othz).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A solemn appeal to God or to something holy in support of a statement.
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A blasphemous use of the name of the Deity or of anything sacred.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; a profane imprecation. Oath of allegiance, the oath which binds the subject to bear true allegiance to the British-sovereign. Oath of abjuration, an oath introduced after the Revolution of 1688, for the purpose of excluding the Stuart family from the throne. Oath of supremacy, the oath which establishes the supremacy of the British sovereign over every other power, spiritual and temporal in the realm.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
