Definition of Oath

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Definition of Oath

Oath

A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.

A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.

An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.

A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.

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Oath Quotations

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Ronald Reagan

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
Plato

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Aeschylus

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
Simone Weil

But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.
Harry Houdini

I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die.
Eldridge Cleaver

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.
Pierre de Coubertin

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
Pat Robertson

The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America.
Jim Ryun

Oath Translations

oath in Afrikaans is eed
oath in Danish is ed
oath in Dutch is eed, bezwering
oath in German is Schwur, Fluch, Eid, Eid
oath in Italian is giuramento, bestemmia, giuramento
oath in Portuguese is juramento
oath in Spanish is juramento, juramento
oath in Swedish is ed, svordom, svordom, ed

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