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ring-oath

ring-oath noun: an oath sworn upon a finger ring.

Noun

ring-oath (plural ring-oaths)

  1. An oath sworn upon a finger ring.
    • "The wall is growing apace," he said. "And we swore an unbreakable oath, a ring-oath and a weapon-oath, that if he finishes building his wall in time, we will give him the sun and the moon[.]"2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 59

Forms of ring-oath

pluralring-oaths

Questions about ring-oath

What does ring-oath mean?
Ring-oath means an oath sworn upon a finger ring.
What part of speech is ring-oath?
Ring-oath is a noun.
What is the plural of ring-oath?
The plural of ring-oath is ring-oaths.

Words near ring-oath in the dictionary

  1. ring-necked lizards
  2. ring-necked parakeet
  3. ring-necked parakeets
  4. ring-necked pheasant
  5. ring-necked pheasants
  6. ring-oath
  7. ring-oaths
  8. ring-ousel
  9. ring-piece
  10. ring-pieces
  11. ring-pull

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