Definition of "adjuration" []

• An earnest, solemn appeal. (noun)

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• "As to the second kind of adjuration, which is by compulsion, we may lawfully use it for some purposes, and not for others."
• "This is the kind of adjuration used in the exorcisms of the Church, whereby the power of the demons is expelled from an irrational creature."
• "The other kind of adjuration is by way of compulsion: and, seemingly, neither is it lawful to use this towards them, because we have not the power to command irrational creatures, but only He of"