betrothment

Example Sentences

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The circumstances of this betrothment were somewhat extraordinary.

From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Thus, in the case before us, the betrothment rests upon what God vouchsafes along with it, inasmuch as thereby only does it become a true betrothment.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

He always spoke of Roy with seriousness and respect, confessing voluntarily, time and again, his own moral and intellectual inferiority to his cousin, and scrupulously keeping her betrothment before Jessie's mind.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

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 Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Her early betrothment to King Erik Christopherson had been one of the conditions of his release from Nordborg Castle, after he was taken prisoner in the war with Duke Waldemar's father.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin