- a variation of betrothal.
betrothment
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Her beauty, her wit, they were her own; but they had availed her little before her betrothment to Rube.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
In Norway, this betrothment gives the couple a certain dignity beyond that of the unengaged, and more liberty of companionship, together with certain rights in law.
From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Harriet Martineau
The story of this betrothment at Erlingsen’s will explain what I have just said.
From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Harriet Martineau
Con′tract, an agreement on fixed terms: a bond: a betrothment: the writing containing an agreement.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
This was his betrothment and marriage to Marie Hélène, the daughter of Nicolas Boullé, private secretary to the young King.
From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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