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Article of faith I spoon-feed to fool with solemn declaration (12,4,2,6)

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12,4,2,6

presidential oath of office

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'article of faith i spoon-feed to fool with solemn declaration' is the definition.
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'article of faith i spoon-feed to fool' is the subsidiary indication.
'to fool' indicates anagramming the letters.
'article'+'of'+'faith'+'i'+'spoon'+'feed'='articleoffaithispoonfeed'
'articleoffaithispoonfeed' is an anagram of 'presidentialoathofoffice'.

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