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When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

This Oath Keeper was there for the protest, which had yet to materialize, and had a few friends joining him, he told me.

But given their anti-government rhetoric, the Oath Keepers' presence could inflame tensions further.

Repeating an embellished story before a grand jury while under oath is an entirely different matter.

The oath, according to the King James Bible, requires one to “do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”

"Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.

“Steed”—Jefferson rode on horseback to the Capitol to take his oath of office as President.

Then he held down a hand to her, bade her set her foot on his, and called with an oath to Rabecque to lend her his assistance.

Garnache's sword rasped out, an oath rattled from his clenched teeth, and he fell on guard.

Whatever was his motive, he persisted in his resolution, and to the end was faithful to his oath.

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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oath, such as: affidavit, deposition, pledge, testimony, vow, and adjuration.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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