What does injoin mean?
Injoin means Obsolete form of enjoin..
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Obsolete form of enjoin..
1751, George Buchanan, unnamed translator, History of Scotland [1582, Rerum Scoticarum Historia], Volume 1, page 238, Neither did the King omit to perform all that they injoined him, thinking to be healed in his Conſcience by theſe Expiations.
When theſe Favours were beſtowed, the Sentences were read over, by which Penances were injoined the Criminals. The firſt Sentences were those of the Croſs-Bearers, who were injoined to wear Croſſes on their Breaſt and Back, and if their Crimes were very heinous, they were condemned to wear two.
And our blessed Lord injoins all his disciples to be “wise” as well as “harmless.” Matt. x. 16.
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Injoin means Obsolete form of enjoin..
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1751, George Buchanan, unnamed translator, History of Scotland [1582, Rerum Scoticarum Historia], Volume 1, page 238, Neither did the King omit to perform all that they injoined him, thinking to be healed in his Conſcience by theſe Expiations.
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