Definition of Vow

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Definition of Vow

Vow

A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.

Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.

To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.

To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

To make a vow, or solemn promise.

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Vow Quotations

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Mohandas Gandhi

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Pope John Paul II

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.
John Keats

Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.
Ernest Shackleton

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
Tertullian

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

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously.
Godfrey Reggio

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?
Pierre Loti

Vow Translations

vow in Dutch is plechtig beloven
vow in French is voeu
vow in German is gelobe, geloben, Schwur
vow in Latin is voveo vovi votum
vow in Portuguese is voto
vow in Spanish is voto

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