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perjurious, a.|pəˈdʒʊərɪəs|
Also 7 par-.
[ad. L. perjūriōs-us, f. perjūrium perjury.]
†1. Of persons: Guilty of perjury; false to an oath, promise, etc.; perjured, forsworn. Obs.
c1540[implied in perjuriously]. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 297 Shew thy power upon thy perjurious people, who in their deeds denie thee their God. 1699Pomfret Love Triumphant 197 Trusting to perjurious woman's truth. 1829J. Donovan tr. Catechism of Trent iii. ix. Quest. 6 To the witness himself it is also most irksome to be known as false and perjurious.
2. Of actions, etc.: Characterized by, exhibiting, accompanied by, or resulting from perjury.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. 376 His [Harold's] pariurious appropriating to himselfe of the kingdome. 1695J. Sage Article Wks. 1844 I. 373 The Presbyterian preachers condemned the undertaking as unlawful and perjurious. a1734North Exam. ii. iv. §84 (1740) 272 The holy Reach, of this perjurious Scandal, was, that [etc.]. 1872J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals II. xxiii. 317 The old corrupt and perjurious suits for nullification of marriage. |