Adjuration

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adjuration \Ad`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf.
     F. adjuration. See {Adjure}.]
     1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under
        the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
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              What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration
              shall.                                --Bp. Hall.
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     2. The form of oath or appeal.
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              Persons who . . . made use of prayer and
              adjurations.                          --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adjuration
       n : a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Adjuration
     a solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the
     obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam.
     14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16).
     
       We have in the New Testament a striking example of this (Matt.
     26:63; Mark 5:7), where the high priest calls upon Christ to
     avow his true character. It would seem that in such a case the
     person so adjured could not refuse to give an answer.
     
       The word "adjure", i.e., cause to swear is used with reference
     to the casting out of demons (Acts 19:13).