Obs. [f. VOW sb. + BREACH sb.] The breaking of a vow.

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1647.  Fanshawe, trans. Guarini’s Pastor Fido, IV. vii. 150.

                        Now if I should do
That which the Satyr did advise me to,
Accusing her of vow-breach, in my breath
I know it lies to have her put to death.

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1647.  Jer. Taylor, Lib. Proph., xiv. 205. The first was a punishment to Vow-breach and Sacriledge. Ibid. (1651), Serm. for Year, II. xxxii. 342. Murder on one side, and vow-breach on the other.

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1709.  Mrs. Manley, Secret Mem. (1720), III. 106. Thy early Falsehood; thy, till now, unpractised Sin of Vow-breach!

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