Word Finder - vow

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A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

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The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.

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A declaration or assertion.

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A votive offering.

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To make a vow; to promise.

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To make a vow regarding (something).

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The wronged woman vowed revenge.

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To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

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The rebels vowed to continue their fight.

Yet in spite of this your vow was binding.

That night she made a vow to herself.

In any case, the vow was for better or for worse.

The question of granting dispensations from such a vow gave rise to much canonical legislation, in which the papacy had finally to give in to the bishops.

About 1588, he determined to fulfil a vow which he had once made to enter a cloister; but being rejected by the Carthusians and the Celestines, he held himself absolved, and continued to follow his old profession.

A provision was made that if, after waiting a year at Venice, they were unable to go to Jerusalem, this part of the vow should be cancelled and they should at once betake themselves to Rome.

No one will see me and tip those who vow to stop my kind.

This proved to be his son, whom he slew in accordance with his vow; whereupon a plague broke out in the island, and Idomeneus was driven out.

There the vow was generally one of war or revenge, and, till it was accomplished, the man who vowed left his hair unshorn and unkempt, and abstained from wine, women, ointment and perfume.

Figure out 10% of your household's net income and vow to put that aside each pay period.

This Edmund received in his own day the surname of Crouchback, not, as was afterwards supposed, from a personal deformity, but from having worn a cross upon his back in token of a crusading vow.

A vow or prayer formulated in or through a certain name was fraught with the prestige of him whose name it was.

The tale goes that the scorn of the daughter of a neighbouring king induced Harald to take a vow not to cut nor comb his hair until he was sole king of Norway, and that ten years later he was justified in trimming it; whereupon he exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" for the one by which he is usually known.

In Scotland, at the date of the only statute respecting bigamy, that of 1551, cap. 19, the offence seems to have been chiefly considered in a religious point of view, as a sort of perjury, or violation of the solemn vow or oath which was then used in contracting marriage; and, accordingly, it was ordained to be punished with the proper pains of perjury.

From the moment anyone undertakes the Vow, he becomes a fledgling bodhisattva.

He accepted Cecilia 's faith and both swore a vow of chastity.

He was going to stick by her because he made a vow.

Unless she missed her guess, wild horses couldn't drag it out of him until he was released from that vow.

Hart in The Jewish Quarterly Review for July 1907, the gist of which is that Jesus commends the Pharisees for insisting that when a man has vowed a vow to God he should pay it even though his parents should suffer.

It was, as it still is, a frequent religious exercise of the Meccans, and the first duty of one who returned to the city or arrived there under a vow of pilgrimage; and thus the outside of the Ka`ba was and is more important than the inside.

Pilgrimage with the ancient Arabs was the fulfilment of a vow, which appears to have generally terminated - at least on the part of the well-to-do - in a sacrificial feast.

This old Semitic usage has its close parallel in the vow of the Nazarite.

The pilgrimage was so intimately connected with the wellbeing of Mecca, and had already such a hold on the Arabs round about, that Mahomet could not afford to sacrifice it to an abstract purity of religion, and thus the old usages were transplanted into Islam in the double form of the omra or vow of pilgrimage to Mecca, which can be discharged at any time, and the hajj or pilgrimage at the great annual feast.

It may be either voluntary or compulsory; and compulsory either because of a vow or because of a command.

If so, parliament was told that temporal possessions ruin the church and drive out the Christian graces of faith, hope and charity; that the priesthood of the church in communion with Rome was not the priesthood Christ gave to his apostles; that the monk's vow of celibacy had for its consequence unnatural lust, and should not be imposed; that transubstantiation was a feigned miracle, and led people to idolatry; that prayers made over wine, bread, water, oil, salt, wax, incense, altars of stone, church walls, vestments, mitres, crosses, staves, were magical and should not be allowed; that kings should possess the jus episcopale, and bring good government into the church; that no special prayers should be made for the dead; that auricular confession made to the clergy, and declared to be necessary for salvation, was the root of clerical arrogance and the cause of indulgences and other abuses in pardoning sin; that all wars were against the principles of the New Testament, and were but murdering and plundering the poor to win glory for kings; that the vows of chastity laid upon nuns led to child murder; that many of the trades practised in the commonwealth, such as those of goldsmiths and armourers, were unnecessary and led to luxury and waste.

The members live in community, and each pays his own expenses, having the usufruct of his private means - a startling innovation on the monastic vow of poverty.

The tale tells of King Dasarath's court, the birth and boyhood of Rama and his brethren, his marriage with Sita, daughter of Janak king of Bideha, his voluntary exile, the result of Kaikeyi's guile and Dasarath's rash vow, the dwelling together of Rama and Sita in the great central Indian forest, her abduction by Ravan, the expedition to Lanka and the overthrow of the ravisher, and the life at Ajodhya after the return of the reunited pair.

She seemed pleased, as if their remembered vow reinforced their commitment to her.

The most sacred vow a White God takes is to his family.

He made a solemn vow to start tomorrow.

In space without limit, I vow to reach the furthest extremity.

You can imagine the hilarity at my wedding when Ildiko tries to say " this is my solemn vow.

Instead, he founded an institute where the bond between members is not a formal canonical vow, but a bond of charity.

The acts of religion partake of the general simplicity of desert life; apart from the private worship of household gods and the oblations and salutations offered at the graves of departed kinsmen, the ritual observances of the ancient Arabs were visits to the tribal sanctuary to salute the god with a gift of milk, first-fruits or the like, the sacrifice of firstlings and vows (see Nazarite and Passover), and an occasional pilgrimage to discharge a vow at the annual feast and fair of one of the more distant holy places (see MEccA).

The two families, united in grief, vow to end their feud.

He 's taken a sacred vow that within a short time he 's going to put an end to Cornelius ' suffering.

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They had no children as Edward had taken a vow of celibacy.

Most witnesses, like the second Templar, added the vow of poverty to the other two.

Vow not to discuss the situations that have led to the change in feelings you have for one another, and focus only on your child.

If you are already married and wish to have a vow renewal, contact the chapel where you wish to have the renewal ceremony performed.

While some choose to sell or donate their dress, many decide they would like to preserve their dress for a vow renewal or future generation.

Packages include access to a fountain-filled garden for vow exchanges and use of a vintage Model A Ford for your getaway car.

The question of intention is a popular vow that has its roots in medieval practice.

A wedding vow is an oath or a promise of the commitment you are making to your new spouse.

While traditional wedding vows include things like "to love, honor and cherish," your vow can incorporate anything you want to tell your beloved.

Even if you want to write your own ceremony, free wedding vow samples can help inspire you.

Vow Writing Worksheet for help writing or customizing your own vows.

This is also a great option for vow renewals or second weddings.

This can create a cohesive vow and make it easier to write.