affiance

Example Sentences

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For in him is all mine affiance; We have in the world so many a day Be on good friends in sport and play.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

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

He chose her in a love, whose affiance was sanctioned in heaven; and after three years' absence in the Lake Country, he and Julia met again at his father's house.

From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg

It denotes the soul’s affiance to its Lord.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

That attachment and affiance, which ought to subsist between the dependant and his protector, are destroyed.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester