Found 2 items, similar to adjuration.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: adjuration adjuration n : a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
English → English (gcide) Definition: Adjuration Adjuration \Ad`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure.] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. [1913 Webster] What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. The form of oath or appeal. [1913 Webster] Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. --Addison. [1913 Webster]