Meanings
plural abjurers · alternative abjuror
- One who abjures.First known use 16th century
[N]o man can pretend to be a Believer in Love, who is an abjurer of wine—'tis the Test by which a Lover knows his own Heart—
1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, III.iii2 more examples
To thys Iames Morden with other moe abiurers, it was enioyned by Bishoppe Smith, for seuen yeares, to visite the church of Lincolne twise a yeare from Amersham.
1583, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 4th edition, London: John Daye, Volume 2, Book 7[…] to force him by tedious uncomfortable imprisonments, and extreame penury to turn a practicall Apostate and perjured abjurer of all his former Orthodox loyall Principles […]
1655, William Prynne, A New Discovery of Free-State Tyranny, London: for the author, page 25
Origin
Translations
Dutch afzweerder, verzaker
- afzweerderone who abjures
- verzakerone who abjures
- herroeperone who abjures
Portuguese abjurador
- abjuradorone who abjures
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