handfasting

/ (ˈhændˌfɑːstɪŋ) /


noun
  1. an archaic word for betrothal

  2. (formerly) a kind of trial marriage marked by the formal joining of hands

  1. a contemporary pagan (esp Wiccan) marriage ceremony

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