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juration

juration noun: the process or act of making an oath.

Noun

juration (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The process or act of making an oath.
    • Lord Lyttelton has detected in our Sydney's 'Letters' "two oaths," or, to speak more accurately (for there is no juration in the case), two "d—ns," pp. 6 and 16.1888, Janet Ross, Three Generations of English Women, J. Murray, page 13
    • There's this fringe movement going around the world, and much of the movement claims that the fringe movement is fundamentally about non-juration.2005, Lisa Mulcahy, quoting Nick Stucchio, Theater Festivals, Allworth, →ISBN

Origin of juration

Borrowed from Latin iurationem, accusative singular of iuratio (“swearing, oath, vow”).

Questions about juration

What does juration mean?
Juration means the process or act of making an oath.
What part of speech is juration?
Juration is a noun.

Words near juration in the dictionary

  1. jurara
  2. Juras
  3. Jurassian
  4. Jurassic
  5. jurat
  6. juration
  7. jurative
  8. jurator
  9. juratorial
  10. jurators
  11. juratory

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