betrothal

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The betrothal itself is a choreographed ritual of gestures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The couple posted from Paris, where the betrothal appears to have gone down.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

In Field, he thought he had found someone to love and grow old with and the pair had undergone a "betrothal" ceremony in 2014.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2023

As China faces a shrinking population, officials are cracking down on an ancient tradition of betrothal gifts to try to promote marriages, which have been on the decline.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 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