affiance

Example Sentences

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Thus he pledged his faith, and the Duke accepted his affiance.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

Ne'er shalt thou rue thy dear affiance: Him that I love, oh let me know!’

From Stories of the Wagner Opera by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; Ð used esp. of a woman.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

And be it well and truly seen that the elements of this affiance with his God, and the elements of his firm league with brothermen were identically the same.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

Our English "affiance," "defiance," "confidence," "diffidence," retain accurate meanings; but our "faithful" has become obscure, from being used for "faithworthy," as well as "full of faith."

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John