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† conjurement Obs.
[a. OF. conjurement:—L. type conjūrāment-um (found in med.L. and parallel to jūrāmentum, adjūrāmentum), f. conjūrā-re: see conjure v. and -ment.]
1. The exorcising of spirits by invocation; the office of an exorcist.
c1315Shoreham 45 Ther beth ordres folle sevene..The thrydde hys i-cleped conjurement Aȝenys the foule thynge. Ibid. 48 The thrydde ordre conjurement..Go dryve out develyn out of men, Fram God that were draȝe Alyve.
2. A conjuration, adjuration, solemn appeal.
1643T. Goodwin Apol. Narrat. 26 Seconded by the instant and continuall advices and conjurements of many Honourable, wise, and godly Personages. 1652Sir A. Cockayne tr. Cassandra i. 93 Conjurements, able to have mollified a heart more hardned than the Princesse's.
3. The exercise of magical or occult influence.
1645J. Goodwin Innoc. Triumph. 77 Will laugh all the conjurements and charmings of men..to scorne. |