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Webster 1913 Edition


Abjurer

Ab-jur′er

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Noun.
One who abjures.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abjurer

ABJU'RER

,
Noun.
One who abjures.

Definition 2024


abjurer

abjurer

English

Alternative forms

Noun

abjurer (plural abjurers)

  1. One who abjures. [late 18th century][1]

Translations

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

French

Etymology

ab- + jurer, borrowed from Latin abiurare.

Pronunciation

Verb

abjurer

  1. (transitive, intransitive, very formal) To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, religion) To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
  3. (obsolete) To reject by oath someone's authority.

Conjugation