betrothal
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Research led by the British Museum has revealed that the Tudor Heart pendant may have been made to celebrate the betrothal of their two-year-old daughter Princess Mary to the eight-month-old French heir-apparent in 1518.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
The betrothal itself is a choreographed ritual of gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Then my four-year betrothal to a handsome, wonderful man had been called off, and I was left considering that I might have deliberately blown it up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024
Stubborn and snotty, Ria is so hellbent on breaking up the betrothal that she’s willing to spy and lie, claw and kick.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
He and his father had bought two silver rings, washed with gold, and silver earrings, and these his father had taken to the woman’s owner in acknowledgment of betrothal.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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