Free Republic
Browse · Search
Smoky Backroom
Topics · Post Article

To: Always Right

If I look up the word "oath" in the dictionary, will the word "religious" be anywhere in the result?

I don't see how the word implies religiosity per se.


617 posted on 02/20/2006 5:11:53 PM PST by stands2reason (It's now 2006, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 400 | View Replies ]


To: stands2reason
If I look up the word "oath" in the dictionary, will the word "religious" be anywhere in the result?

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

1 a (1) : a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says

739 posted on 02/20/2006 7:26:40 PM PST by Always Right
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 617 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Smoky Backroom
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson