oath-taking

But that night there was an Oath-taking in the house.

They say the oath-taking will go on for many more days and even weeks before all can be satisfied.

Yet this common means of oath-taking seems not to have been employed at all.

I'm no decent to be going into the oath-taking like this.

Legal experts agreed that there is great symbolic value to oath-taking.

In the villages they were used for oath-taking and all kinds of purposes.

Now he raised his right hand in the gesture of oath-taking. '

Opposition to oath-taking among some groups of Christian caused many problems for these groups throughout their history.

In a world where few could read, their rejection of oath-taking marked them as social outcasts.

He further claimed that the oath-taking involved stripping naked and drinking human blood.

Did Roberts think a second oath-taking was needed? '

Applause from members and the gallery marked every oath-taking.

It was followed by the oath-taking of the first cadets of the academy.

Authorities are bracing for more potential confrontations with protesters after the oath-taking.

I had seen that oath-taking, though I did not recall the small form of the lawyer specifically among so many men.

But also when they spoke upon oath they held to that oath-taking and were loyal.

The oath-taking involves cutting the finger of the newcomer.

'No oath-taking on a Bible or anything like that, but there was an understanding.'

By then the oath-taking had become monotonous and everybody waited anxiously for the end of the ceremony.

He lost his position on the council, in manoeuvres and prevarications on oath-taking.

After the oath-taking, MPs submit applications for the speaker's post.

Some of it was admiration for his fine looks, but more was speculation about his presence at the oath-taking.

I remembered that little scene in the corridor on the night of the oath-taking, though he had not referred to it since by word or gesture.

Oath-taking is a serious matter.

I saw Colum do it once-at the oath-taking at Leoch.