Obs. [a. OF. conjurement:—L. type conjūrāment-um (found in med.L. and parallel to jūrāmentum, adjūrāmentum), f. conjūrā-re: see CONJURE v. and -MENT.]
1. The exorcising of spirits by invocation; the office of an exorcist.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 45. Ther beth ordres folle sevene … The thrydde hys i-cleped conjurement Aȝenys the foule thynge. Ibid., 48. The thrydde ordre conjurement … Go dryve out develyn out of men, Fram God that were draȝe Alyve.
2. A conjuration, adjuration, solemn appeal.
1643. T. Goodwin, Apol. Narrat., 26. Seconded by the instant and continuall advices and conjurements of many Honourable, wise, and godly Personages.
1652. Sir A. Cockayne, trans. Cassandra, I. 93. Conjurements, able to have mollified a heart more hardned than the Princesse’s.
3. The exercise of magical or occult influence.
1645. J. Goodwin, Innoc. Triumph., 77. Will laugh all the conjurements and charmings of men … to scorne.
