affiance
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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a pledging of faith, as a marriage contract.
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trust; confidence; reliance.
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of affiance
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French afiance, equivalent to afi ( er ) to pledge faith, declare on oath, betroth (< Medieval Latin affīdāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + *fīdāre, for Latin fīdere to trust; confide ) + -ance -ance
Example Sentences
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Your uncle holds my father as prudent and wise: they are two ancient gentlemen, of ripe years, and have faith and affiance the one in the other.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Now must he bid farewell to the mountain, for he is going home to his mother who will affiance him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
For in him is all mine affiance; We have in the world so many a day Be on good friends in sport and play.
From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest
They granted rings one to another, and pledged affiance between them.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Here is an ideal where conscience and righteousness stand in close affiance, where liberty springs from equity, and where pity never fails.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
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