Adjuration
/ˌædʒəˈreɪʃən/noun
A solemn appeal or command, often made by invoking something sacred.
Did you know?In older religious and legal use, to adjure someone was to bind them by oath or invoke a higher authority over them — language treated like a force, not just speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁er-
“to set in motion, fit together, or join”
Latin
Latin
iūs, iūr-
“law, right, oath”
Latin
Latin
adiūrāre
“to swear to or call upon earnestly; to charge by oath”
Old French
Old French
adjuracion
“a solemn appeal or entreaty, especially by oath”
Middle English
English
adjuracion
“a solemn appeal or command made under oath”
Modern English
English
adjuration
“a solemn appeal or command, often invoking sacred authority”