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oath

oʊθ
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Bourse, Liedekercke and Roeck confirm their oath on 2 August 1577. The three gentlemen surrounded by soldiers take an oath. In the clouds an angel with laurel wreath and palm branch. Depiction in a round medallion with an ornamental allegorical frame with the seated female personifications of Truth (Veritas) and Eendracht (Concordia) at the top. At the bottom a cartouche with 2 verses of 6 lines each in French and Dutch.
Bourse, Liedekercke and Roeck confirm their oath on 2 August 1577. The three gentlemen surrounded by soldiers take an oath. In the clouds an angel with laurel wreath and palm branch. Depiction in a round medallion with an ornamental allegorical frame with the seated female personifications of Truth (Veritas) and Eendracht (Concordia) at the top. At the bottom a cartouche with 2 verses of 6 lines each in French and Dutch.
  1. (n) oath
    a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
  2. (n) oath
    profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger "expletives were deleted"
  3. (n) oath
    a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior "they took an oath of allegiance"
Illustrations
The Haarlem City Maagd is kneeling before a woman who is enthroned and takes the oath. She wears Minerva's armor and is supported by a shield bearing the city arms of Haarlem. In the air a trumpet-blowing angel flies, holding a laurel wreath over the head of the City Virgin. Around the scene is an arch-shaped ornamental frame, decorated with medals bearing portraits of historical figures.
The Haarlem City Maagd is kneeling before a woman who is enthroned and takes the oath. She wears Minerva's armor and is supported by a shield bearing the city arms of Haarlem. In the air a trumpet-blowing angel flies, holding a laurel wreath over the head of the City Virgin. Around the scene is an arch-shaped ornamental frame, decorated with medals bearing portraits of historical figures.
The guard company of shooters takes an oath to the new government regulations, in the city hall of Utrecht, 20 March 1786. Interior with the shooters arranged in a circle.
The guard company of shooters takes an oath to the new government regulations, in the city hall of Utrecht, 20 March 1786. Interior with the shooters arranged in a circle.
Albrecht and Isabella take the oath as margraves of Antwerp, ceremony under a dome at the Keizerspoort outside the city, December 1599. During the entry into Antwerp. Part of: Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae Austriae archiducum, a description of the couple's entry into Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Valenciennes, 1599.
Albrecht and Isabella take the oath as margraves of Antwerp, ceremony under a dome at the Keizerspoort outside the city, December 1599. During the entry into Antwerp. Part of: Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae Austriae archiducum, a description of the couple's entry into Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Valenciennes, 1599.
Meeting of the States of Holland in which Louis Ernst, Duke of Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel, takes the oath as guardian of the minor Prince William V, 1754. According to the caption, this event took place 1754, but this may not have taken place until 1759 when the duke van Brunswijk took over the task as guardian after the death of Princess Anna.
Meeting of the States of Holland in which Louis Ernst, Duke of Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel, takes the oath as guardian of the minor Prince William V, 1754. According to the caption, this event took place 1754, but this may not have taken place until 1759 when the duke van Brunswijk took over the task as guardian after the death of Princess Anna.
The members of the militia of Utrecht take the oath to the new government regulations, on the Neude in Utrecht, 20 March 1786.
The members of the militia of Utrecht take the oath to the new government regulations, on the Neude in Utrecht, 20 March 1786.
Frederik Hendrik takes the oath as new stadtholder and takes a seat in the States of Holland, September 1625. On the left Frederik Hendrik takes the oath standing up. On the right the States of Holland meet in session in the presence of Frederik Hendrik. Marked Fol. 7.
Frederik Hendrik takes the oath as new stadtholder and takes a seat in the States of Holland, September 1625. On the left Frederik Hendrik takes the oath standing up. On the right the States of Holland meet in session in the presence of Frederik Hendrik. Marked Fol. 7.
Taking the oath of allegiance during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Interior with a group of standing Leiden men and women who swear allegiance to the Prince of Orange. At the top a cloud with the tetragrammaton. In a carved frame with herms on either side.
Taking the oath of allegiance during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Interior with a group of standing Leiden men and women who swear allegiance to the Prince of Orange. At the top a cloud with the tetragrammaton. In a carved frame with herms on either side.
The taking of the oath by the Duke of Anjou to the city of Antwerp on the Grote Markt in front of the town hall, 22 February 1582. On the right a float with allegorical figures. Without the margin with caption and number. Printed on the back with text in Dutch.
The taking of the oath by the Duke of Anjou to the city of Antwerp on the Grote Markt in front of the town hall, 22 February 1582. On the right a float with allegorical figures. Without the margin with caption and number. Printed on the back with text in Dutch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles?that?s where the word ?testimony? comes from.
  1. Oath
    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. "A terrible oath"
  2. Oath
    A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. "I have an oath in heaven", "An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret."
  3. Oath
    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.
  4. Oath
    (Law) 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) oath
    A solemn appeal to the Supreme Being in attestation of the truth of some statement or the binding character of some covenant, undertaking, or promise; an outward pledge that one's testimony or promise is given under an immediate sense of responsibility to God.
  2. (n) oath
    The form of words in which such attestation is made. Oaths are of two kinds: assertory oaths, or those by which something is asserted as true, and
  3. (n) oath
    A light or blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being, or of anything associated with the more sacred matters of religion, by way of appeal, imprecation, or ejaculation.
  4. (n) oath
    Loosely — An ejaculation similar in form to an oath, but in which the name of God or of anything sacred is not used.
  5. (n) oath
    An imprecation, differing from a curse in its less formal and more exclamatory character: it may be humorous, or even affectionate, among rude and free-living men.
  6. (n) oath
    An exclamatory word or phrase, usually without appropriateness to the subject in hand, expressing surprise, and generally displeasure, though sometimes even approval or admiration. It may refer to something sacred, and even be what is called blasphemous, but is often wholly unmeaning, or is a corruption or softening of an originally blasphemous expression, as zounds! for God's (Christ's) wounds, egad for by God, etc.
  7. oath
    To make to take an oath; put to the oath.
  8. oath
    To use as an oath; swear by.
  9. oath
    To call, speak to, or curse with an oath.
  10. oath
    To swear; use oaths.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Oath
    ōth a solemn statement with an appeal to God as witness, and a calling for punishment from Him in case of falsehood or of failure, also the form of words in which such is made—oath of abjuration, allegiance, &c.: an irreverent use of God's name in conversation or in any way: any merely exclamatory imprecation, &c.
Quotations
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Solon
Samuel Johnson
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
Samuel Johnson
Vittorio Alfieri
Liars are always ready to take oaths.
Vittorio Alfieri
Pierre Corneille
A liar is full of oaths.
Pierre Corneille
Simone Weil
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
Aeschylus
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Aeschylus
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. othe, oth, ath, AS. āð,; akin to D. eed, OS. ēð, G. eid, Icel. eiðr, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. aiþs,; cf. OIr. oeth,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. áth; Ger. eid, Ice. eithr.

Usage in the news

Two area Republicans who won House seats in the November general election have taken their oath of office. forestlaketimes.com

Leavitt, who defeated Mayor Royce E Pollard in November, will take the oath of office from Clark County District Court Judge Darvin Zimmerman. oregonlive.com

The oath of office will be given to three new aldermen who will join the council that evening: Nathan Adams, Roger Jeck and Jere Chapman. plaintalk.net

It's the trend going into the election that matters a lot more than who takes the oath of office in January. foxbusiness.com

After taking that oath of office in this home on Delaware Avenue, Roosevelt would go on to change the role of the American presidency. fln.org

A man takes his oath of citizenship at naturalization ceremony for 7,362 immigrants at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 27. scpr.org

McCrory to take oath as NC governor on Jan 5. heraldonline.com

Gerlach to take oath of office at next South Whidbey parks meeting. southwhidbeyrecord.com

New members of the Fort Dodge City Council and those who were re-elected will take the oath of office during a ceremony Tuesday morning. messengernews.net

Price Johnson, Homola to take oath of office Friday. southwhidbeyrecord.com

Tippecanoe County Judge Loretta Rush is scheduled to take the oath of office Wednesday during a private ceremony administered by Chief Justice Brent Dickson. owo.com

Virginia GOP party voter oath ' unenforceable ,' McDonnell says. ashingtontimes.com

Jim Palmer takes oath of office from Raisin Township Clerk and trustee Betty Holdridge. tecumsehherald.com

Four special police officers took the oaths Wednesday in the office of Vineland Mayor Robert Romano. abclocal.go.com

Being accepted into the inner sanctum of the mob demands from its members a blood oath of loyalty, known as "omerta". cbsnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

Partly to allow more time for the tumultuous situation created in Berkeley by the anti-Communist loyalty oath to settle down, and partly to make a decision on an offer from Stanford, Erich spent the year of 1951–1952 as a visiting associate professor at Stanford.
Erich Leo Lehmann---A glimpse into his life and work

This lecture should be a victory song, but the pain makes it to sound more as a oath for vendetta, coming from Syracuse two milenia before.
Dream of a Christmas lecture

Usage in literature

A man in red nightcap rushed forward with an oath. "Heralds of Empire" by Agnes C. Laut

Preliminary oath and general oath, I should say. "An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" by Anonymous

And here you bring me word that I am to break my oath! "One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories" by Various

Now our earliest evidence, on oath, before a magistrate, is dated November 4, 1829. "Historical Mysteries" by Andrew Lang

His oath forbids him to. "The Poor Plutocrats" by Maurus Jókai

The Boy listened with keen ears to hear him rip out one of those terrible oaths of which so much had been said. "The Victim" by Thomas Dixon

That was thirty years ago, and that oath has not yet been fulfilled. "The Circular Study" by Anna Katharine Green

It is my oath that lies heavily upon me. "With Kitchener in the Soudan" by G. A. Henty

The simplest of these processes was purgation by oath. "The Customs of Old England" by F. J. Snell

Sometimes one took an oath for all the rest, and the others only said, the same oath that A.B. "The Covenants And The Covenanters" by Various

Usage in poetry
"And lo, these winds that rove the sea
Unto our pact shall witness be,
And of the oath which binds us both
Shall be the judge 'twixt me and thee!"
"Yvytot" by Eugene Field Author object (196)
The Surgeon swore as they enter'd his door,
'Twas fearful his oaths to hear,--
Now send these scoundrels to the Devil,
For God's sake my brethren dear.
"The Surgeon's Warning" by Robert Southey Author object (573)
Then all around was dark again,
And blacker than before;
But in that single flash of light
He had beheld a fearful sight,
And thought of the oath he swore.
"Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Musician's Tale; The Ballad of Carmilhan - IV. " by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author object (294)
Yet boasts his mind no shackles wears: ...
'Tis hard his solemn Oath to trust;
For, without future hopes and fears,
Know I if Conscience makes him just? ...
"The Culprit" by Nathaniel Bloomfield Author object (501)
And then he swore a dreadful oath,
He swore by the Kingdoms Three,
That, should he meet the Carmilhan,
He would run her down, although he ran
Right into Eternity!
"Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Musician's Tale; The Ballad of Carmilhan - II." by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author object (294)
"When that infant vow of love was spoken,
Venus' radiant temple smiled on both.
Mother! thou that promise since hast broken,
Fetter'd by a strange, deceitful oath.
"The Bride Of Corinth" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Author object (356)