| 单词 | book oath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook oath book oath n. now rare an oath sworn on the Bible; cf. sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > sworn upon the bible book oathc1425 Bible-oath1700 c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in Stud. Philol. (1910) 6 31 (MED) Agaynes þis commandemente doos þai þat wilfully putteth þam to book ooþe..bot it were in aful iuste cause. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 495 He hath constrayned me..by a boke othe (par mon serment sur ung liure). 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 32 Thomas Orwin..himselfe hath vpon his booke oath denied, that he euer printed [the books]. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K6 Should hee bee brought vpon his Booke-oath. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xii I dhruv him to Squire Egan's, I'll take my book oath. 1920 G. O'Donovan Conquest i. vi. 65 The dying word of a priest is more binding than a book oath, Mrs. Mallon says. < as lemmas |
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