Oathbreach
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈoʊθbɹiːt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oathbreach is a noun meaning Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
Meaning
Breach or breaking of an oath; perjury.
Example Sentences
As Wulfstan said, It is oathbreach, faithbreach, lovebreach Bring the invaders into the estuaries.
This, like other regulations, was enforced by means of the oath which all members of the University were required to take,2 and any violation of which was oathbreach or perjury, and involved very serious consequences.
It is also interesting because of the litany in which the word appears, giving it a rhetorical prominence to which only a culture founded on the oath would give it, for adbrice means, simply, "oath breach," or "oath breaking."
Queen Elithe intervened in a sweet sing song voice 'Sire don't you think that the Oath breach can wait until the troll and goblin issue has been solved and put to rest, I'm sure Daffyd has a very good and sound reason for the Oath breach.
Word Forms
- oathbreaches
- oath-breach
- oath breach
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oathbreaking, breach, faithbreach, breaching, perfidy, perjury.
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