(n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Justice Hiley later suggested the conduct required by a doctor outside of his profession, as Chapman was describing it, was perhaps a “broad generality” and not specific enough “to create an ethical obligation.” “It’s no broader than the Hippocratic oath,” Chapman said in her reply.
(2) The media mogul said he had spoken "very carefully under oath" at the Leveson inquiry on Wednesday, when he had said that Brown had pledged to "declare war" on his company in a phone call made at around the time the Sun came out in support of the Conservative party, on 30 September of that year.
(3) Ultimately, the new contract undermines our oath to do no harm and risks the future of the NHS and the safety of the public.
(4) The privy council’s antiquated oath, which is supposed to remain secret, also requires members to promise “not (to) know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted, done, or spoken against Her Majesty’s person, honour, crown, or dignity royal”.
(5) This oath and a doctors’ ability to act in their patient’s best interests, must be respected in all circumstances, including in Australia’s immigration detention facilities,” Talley added.
(6) However, as Captain Black articulated frankly in Catch-22’s Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade : “The important thing is to keep them pledging … It doesn’t matter whether they mean it or not.
(7) The trial of the singer and TV entertainer Tulisa Contostavlos over drugs allegations has dramatically collapsed after the judge ruled that the Sun investigative reporter whose evidence was central to the case had seemingly lied on oath.
(8) Only the disloyal take offence, thereby proving how much we need the oath.
(9) De Blasio took the oath of office moments after midnight in front of his modest Brooklyn home.
(10) A Hong Kong court has disqualified four pro-democracy lawmakers for failing to sincerely take the oath of office, a huge blow to the city’s opposition.
(11) Scott Morrison has said he was “offended” and “disappointed” that his friend the broadcaster Ray Hadley pressed him to swear an oath on the Bible to prove he was telling the truth about his actions in the Liberal leadership upheaval.
(12) Francis has for a long time favoured an independent public inquiry where he could testify on oath.
(13) As many as 7% of psychiatrists admit to having sexual intercourse with patients, despite ethical prohibitions going back to the Hippocratic Oath.
(14) Abbott has claimed repeatedly that “green tape” and “lawfare” are holding up a potential 10,000 jobs at his favourite coal mine, even though the company’s own economics expert, Dr Jerome Fahrer, admitted under oath that the figure was closer to 1,500 – including indirect jobs.
(15) I can already feel it piling into the garbage segment of my political memory, so that one day in the future, Javid’s oaths will have become I, the undersigned, do hereby promise to defend John Major’s cones around Theresa May’s racist vans , protect them from the vandalism of ridicule, because that is the British way; to tolerate views you disagree with, including this stupid oath.
(16) This paper surveys selected historical foundations of the present American Physical Therapy Association's CODE OF ETHICS, showing the extent to which the present code draws upon oaths, ideas in ethics textbooks, and other sources.
(17) We have people from three different branches of government who take an oath to uphold and defend the constitution.
(18) The government will file a lawsuit seeking to unseat Lau Siu-lai, Nathan Law, Edward Yiu and Leung Kwok-hung by declaring their oaths of office invalid, local media reported .
(19) Pro-Beijing supporters are pushing for a review of whether he and seven other legislators should also be disqualified from office because of their protests at the oath-taking ceremony.
(20) As a physician this is my oath, I’m going to treat everyone regardless.” The organisation’s latest public relations campaign has used the slogan “the doctor of your enemy is not your enemy”.
Rapper
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
(n.) A forcible oath or lie.
Example Sentences:
(1) He knew his subject personally, having worked with him on the 1993 romantic drama Poetic Justice , in which the rapper starred opposite Janet Jackson.
(2) Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have enlisted a rapper, a Royal Marine and a Labour spin doctor to try to push stigma about discussing mental health beyond what they believe is a “tipping point” and into public acceptability.
(3) And lying is something that these rappers have absolutely no intention of doing.
(4) Chile - Eggsy Facebook Twitter Pinterest Goldie Lookin’ Chain had a series of hits in 2004 and 2005, the biggest being Guns Don’t Kill People Rappers Do.
(5) But this year forward-thinking mainstream rappers such as A$AP Rocky, Drake and Nicki Minaj have created a fertile soil for the growth of a new kind of normal.
(6) A new song by Jessie J has given rapper Nicki Minaj her first UK No 1.
(7) Raekwon has yet to respond to RZA's most recent comments, although the rapper declared last week that he is "on strike" from the group.
(8) An endorsement like that goes a long way in Atlanta, and the rapper talked about Sanders’s civil rights background, calling him “a drum major for justice”.
(9) There have been a lot of issues and challenges that I honestly wasn’t aware of until I got involved,” says the 42-year-old rapper, who has just completed a Canadian tour and spent the summer on a roadshow with Bathily and Niang that took him from the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, through Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria and Niger, culminating at the coastal city of Cotonou, Benin, where they inspected Akon Lighting Africa’s projects.
(10) That did not work out, but such mis-steps don’t seem to have tarnished the rapper’s brand.
(11) A representative for the rapper has not responded to the Guardian’s request for comment at the time of publication.
(12) These were forerunners of today's "conscious hip-hop" (not for nothing is Gamble and Huff's catalogue among the most ransacked by rappers for samples).
(13) He may have picked up a lesson or two from Kanye West, another rapper with a punishing work schedule.
(14) The rapper, real name Sean Donnelly, has found himself a viral YouTube and Twitter celebrity after recording a track that certainly offers a "different sound".
(15) Holler If Ya Hear Me will be co-produced by the late rapper's mother, Afeni Shakur.
(16) If you say, ‘This is Kate Tempest and she’s a poet-rapper-playwright,’ it sounds confusing and ridiculous and a bit naff.
(17) But even as details of the prospective deal began to emerge and give it credibility (including the slightly bizarre but apparently true report of musician Drake intervening to persuade his fan, Defoe, to come to the rapper's hometown team ), there still seemed to be something of a gap between the thought of Defoe arriving, and Leiweke's late-November promise that Toronto were on the verge of the biggest signing in MLS history.
(18) Earlier this year the rapper published an autobiography, The Story of an American Jihadi.
(19) This week the rapper said his gaffe at the MTV Video Music awards in 2009 was "bigger ... than the Bush moment".
(20) Paris Saint-Germain have become embroiled in a row with the London-born rapper M.I.A after she wore a modified version of the club’s shirt in one of her music videos.