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adjuration
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /ˌædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the act of asking or ordering someone to do something:
The poem expresses the adjuration "Love one another."
His adjurations about what we should and should not eat can appear ridiculous.
An hour of adjuration by the vicar had exhausted him.
The magician flings some water into the air, muttering an adjuration.
He cried "In the king's name, let us fight!" and with this hurried adjuration, raised his gun.
The jurors listened attentively to the judge's adjuration to remember their oath.
Her self-help theory is more than simply an adjuration to think positively.
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