betrothal

Example Sentences

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For The Betrothal, I was sitting and I had lots of cushions.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2018

But yesterday it seems, That, dreaming loyal dreams, Punch, with the People, genially rejoiced In that Betrothal Wreath;1 And now relentless Death Silences all the joy our hopes had voiced.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 by Various

This version was by Connop Thirwall, who had also rendered "The Betrothal" in 1824.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

I have a sort of floating idea that I once heard that at the ceremony of "Betrothal," now, I believe, rarely if ever practised, it was customary to place the ring on the right hand.

From Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

No impediment being alleged, the Espousal or Betrothal follows.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous