betrothment

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An object which had finally been frustrated, notwithstanding the vigilance of the English fleet, by the safe arrival of Mary in France, and her solemn betrothment to the dauphin.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

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 Martineau, Harriet

She was eighteen and adorable, but her mother would not hear to a betrothment.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

One thing, however, is strictly forbidden, and if in this instance they prove contumacious, the betrothment is instantly broken and the pair are never united, and thenceforward bear an evil reputation amongst their sect.

From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry

This happened forthwith; and thus before the presented soup had grown cold, was a formal betrothment concluded.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various