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Oath
·noun A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Oath
A solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut. 6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
oath
A solemn affirmation or denial of anything, before a person authorized to administer the same, for d...

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Oath
The principle on which an oath is held to be binding is incidentally laid down in (Hebrews 6:16) viz...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bible
·noun A <<Book>>. II. Bible ·noun A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Bible
Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth centu...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
bible
A boatswain's great axe. Sea term. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bible
A hand-axe. Also, a squared piece of freestone to grind the deck with sand in cleaning it; a small h...

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Bible
The Bible is the name given to the revelation of God to man contained in sixty-six books or pamphlet...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
corporal oath
So called because the witness when he swears lays his right hand on the holy evangelists, or New Tes...

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Douay Bible
·- A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman C...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Ru bible
·noun A <<Ribble>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
breeches bible
An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves togeth...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bible christians
The Philadelphia Mercury thus gives a summary of the creed of this new sect: "This denomination abst...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bible-press
A hand rolling-board for cartridges, rocket, and port-fire cases. ...

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