"Oath" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
An external pledge or assevera-tlon, made in verification of statements made or to be made, coupled with an appeal to a sacred or venerated object, ln evidence of the serious and reverent state of mind of the party, or with an invocation to a su-preme being to witness the words of tiie party and to visit him with punishment if they be faise. See o’Reilly v. People, 86 N. Y. 154, 40 Am. Rep. 525; Atwood v. welton, 7 Conn. 70; Clinton v. State, 33 ohio St. 32; Brock v. Milligan, 10 ohio, 123; Block-er v. Burness, 2 Ala. 354
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine
Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane
exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.
A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent
appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior
sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an
indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one
regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the
Bible, the Koran, etc.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
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