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noun, masculine

serment

/sɛʁ.mɑ̃/

noun, masculine/sɛʁ.mɑ̃/plural: serments

oath, pledge

prestation de serment

Related: assermenter

Inherited from Middle French serement (1415, Charles d'Orléans), from Old French sairement (twelfth century), from earlier sagrament (842, Serments de Strasbourg), from Latin sacramentum. Doublet of sacrement.