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

An old baron insists on betrothing his daughter and heiress to her kinsman freshly knighted.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.

The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

By betrothing each party is prepared for conjugial love, 302.

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

There were, according to the Talmudists, three ways of betrothing.

From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous