Oath of Abjuration
English edit
Proper noun edit
- (historical) An oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite Pretender.
Usage notes edit
- Now replaced by a new oath of allegiance.[1]
Translations edit
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References edit
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "abjuration."