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oath

personal affirmation of a statement
Thing verbal_folklore Q381045
oath
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Summary

oath is a verbal folklore[1]. oath draws 1,668 Wikipedia views per month (verbal folklore category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: promise[3], work[4]
  • Commons category: Oaths[5]
  • Said to be the same as: swearing in[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oaths[7]
  • Main subject: duty[8]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[9], Otto's encyclopedia[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Pauly–Wissowa[16]
  • Main Wikidata property: P543[17]
  • Different from: Q24397447[18]

Why It Matters

oath has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] oath is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → oaths
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: oaths, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956238|oaths (#289956238)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains → Q774482
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains: oath of office"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295836
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295836, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11639
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 11639, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482891|OATH (#167482891)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  5. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4491
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 4491, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286631|oaths (#107286631)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical "
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0431996-prisaha
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0431996-prisaha, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q24397447
    Main subject → duty
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → promise, work
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8142, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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