Adjuration
Adjuration ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin adjuratio, from adjurare: compare French adjuration. See Adjure.]
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.
2.
The form of oath or appeal.
Persons who... made use of prayer and adjurations.