About 50 results for ‘Oath’
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Oath
An oath is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow. Those who conscientiously object to making an oath will often make an affirmation instead. The essence of a divine oath is an invocation of divine agency to be a guarantor of the oath taker's own honesty and integrity in the matter under question. By implication, this invokes divine displeasure if the oath taker fails in their sworn duties. It therefore implies greater care than usual in the act of the performance of one's duty, such as in testimony to the facts of the matter in a court of law. A person taking an oath indicates this in a number of ways. The most usual is the explicit "I swear," but any statement or promise that includes "with * as my witness" or "so help me *," with '*' being something or someone the oath-taker holds sacred, is an oath. Many people take an oath by holding in their hand or placing over their head a book of scripture or a sacred object, thus indicating the sacred witness through their action: such an oath is called corporal. However, the chief purpose of such an act is for ceremony or solemnity, and the act does not of itself make an oath. In the United States and some other countries, it is customary to raise the right hand while swearing an oath, whether or not the left hand is laid on a Bible or other text. This custom has been explained with reference to medieval practices of branding palms,. However the practice is referred to in the Old Testament . In England the common form of court oath is to swear with the right hand on the Bible, though alternatives are available. There is confusion between oaths and other statements or promises. The current Olympic Oath, for instance, is really a pledge and not properly an oath since there is only a "promise" and no appeal to a sacred witness. Oaths are also confused with vows, but really, a vow is a special kind of oath.
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LE DRAPEAU TRICOLORE. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flag
- French people
- Louis Philippe I
- Oath
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques-Louis David
LE SERMENT DES HORACES
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques-Louis David
LE SERMENT DES HORACES
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze
L'ACCORDEE DE VILLAGE
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Godefroy de Bouillon élu Roi de Jérusalem.23 juillet 1099
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- Portrayed subject:
- Election
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Jerusalem
- Oath
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- Date:
- 19th century
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TRAITE CONCLU ENTRE LES CROISES ET LES VENITIENS DANS L'E...
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- Portrayed subject:
- City
- Crusades
- Oath
- Parliament
- Venice
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE COLONEL RAMPON, A LA TETE DE LA 32E DEMI-BRIGADE, DEFE...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Drum
- Flag
- French people
- Italy
- Oath
- Officer (armed forces)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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INSTALLATION DU CONSEIL D'ETAT AU PALAIS DU PETIT LUXEMBO...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Domestic worker
- Napoleon
- Oath
- Writing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CONGRES DE MUNSTER.15 MAI 1648
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ambassador
- Germany
- Oath
- Parliament
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Devéria
LE ROI PRETE SERMENT, EN PRESENCE DES CHAMBRES, DE MAINTE...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Benjamin Constant
- Constitution
- Crown (headgear)
- Jean-Baptiste Bessières
- Louis Philippe I
- Oath
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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SERMENT DU JEU DE PAUME.20 JUIN 1789
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- Portrayed subject:
- French Revolution
- Member of Parliament
- Oath
- Parliament
- Versailles (city)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Devéria
LE ROI LOUIS-PHILIPPE 1ER PRETE SERMENT, EN PRESENCE DES ...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis Philippe I
- Oath
- Parliament
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gabriel François Doyen
LOUIS XVI RECOIT A REIMS LES HOMMAGES DES CHEVALIERS DU S...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Archbishop
- Bourges
- Charles X of France
- Chivalry
- Column
- Dog
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Boucher
LA FIDELITE
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Auguste se fait prêter serment de fidélité par des prince...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Augustus
- Oath
- Obedience (human behavior)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Jugement de Jeanne d'Arc
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Beauvais
- Bishop
- Book
- Gothic architecture
- Joan of Arc
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE SERMENT D'AGRIPPA D'AUBIGNE (1552-1630)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Agrippa d'Aubigné
- Boy
- Oath
- Sword
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Félix Auvray
Le serment de Louis-Philippe
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis Philippe I
- Oath
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore-Charles Gruyère
Le serment des sept chefs devant Thèbes
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cadaver
- Oath
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PROCLAMATION DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Crown (headgear)
- Drum
- Flag
- French Second Republic
- French people
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- Date:
- 19th century
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