take in marriage

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She answered: "I declare that I take in marriage His Majesty the Emperor and King, Napoleon, here present."

From The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

Nothing could have been more fortunate, except, perhaps, the son's next move, which was to take in marriage the daughter of Richardson, the owner of a well-known lottery-office.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Wharton, Philip

Furthermore, he induced the Marquis of Este to take in marriage a daughter of Alberico da Romano.

From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington

They would not take in marriage both a mother and her daughter, and the most shameful of acts in their view was to marry two sisters.

From The Secret of Divine Civilization by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Yet you shall have a marriage gift to this girl, whom I myself will take in marriage: you shall give a hundred head of cattle.

From Nada the Lily by Haggard, Henry Rider