SIMPLE VOW Definition & Meaning

simple vow

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.

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Origin of simple vow¹

First recorded in 1900–05

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It might help if all public actors, from leaders and investigators to journalists and voters, made a simple vow to make it a little better, not a little worse.

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For all of his rhetorical fireworks, he has driven home his simple vow to “make America great again.”

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And the murmur lasted longer than a simple vow would have.

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But now he had ended his relationship with the former tennis world number one, he made the simple vow to immerse himself in his golf.

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Mr. Obama has repeated a seemingly simple vow: On his watch, the United States would do whatever it takes to “prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

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