betrothment

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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 Martineau, Harriet

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

Last Thursday Countess L. opened the season with an unusual event—a betrothment ball.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence

The ceremony of betrothment usually took place in a church.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

The circumstances of this betrothment were somewhat extraordinary.

From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob