vows

vow

verb

{bc}to promise solemnly {bc}{sx|swear||}

vow

verb

{bc}{sx|avow||}, {sx|declare||}

vow

noun

{bc}a solemn promise or assertion

simple vow

noun

{bc}a public vow taken by a religious in the Roman Catholic Church under which retention of property by the individual is permitted and marriage though illicit is valid under canon law

solemn vow

noun

{bc}an absolute and irrevocable public vow taken by a religious in the Roman Catholic Church under which ownership of property by the individual is prohibited and marriage is invalid under canon law