adjuration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something

WordNet

Ad`ju*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure.
Definitions
  1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
    What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.
  2. The form of oath or appeal.
    Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison.

Webster 1913