dejeration

English

Etymology

Latin deieratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

dejeration (countable and uncountable, plural dejerations)

1. (obsolete) The act of swearing solemnly.
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     Doubtless, with many vows and tears and dejerations, he labours to clear his intentions to her person

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dejeration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)