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
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
It denotes the soul’s affiance to its Lord.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
Your uncle holds my father as prudent and wise: they are two ancient gentlemen, of ripe years, and have faith and affiance the one in the other.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
