betrothing

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But he coyly refrained from betrothing himself publicly to the growing Gaullist Union, headed by Ren� Capitant, which had announced that it would fight the constitution, put up candidates in the next elections.

From Time Magazine Archive

By betrothing, each party is prepared for conjugial love, n.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

The custom of betrothing children in their infancy is commonly practised here, in which respect these people differ from the natives of Greenland, where it is comparatively rare. 

From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Morley, Henry

Consent is to be secured and established by solemn betrothing, n.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

Accordingly, the usual ceremonies of betrothing being over, he returned to his own city of Bethlehem, to set his house in order, and make the needful provisions for the marriage.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred