"solemn vow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: solemn vows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} solemn vow (plural solemn vows)
  1. (Christianity) A deliberate and free promise made to God about a possible and better good, taken by an individual during or after novitiate in a Catholic religious institute. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Christianity

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