betrothing
- present participle of betroth.
Example Sentences
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But he coyly refrained from betrothing himself publicly to the growing Gaullist Union, headed by Ren� Capitant, which had announced that it would fight the constitution, put up candidates in the next elections.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two things were, however, requisite as an introduction and preparation to marriage at Sparta, first, betrothing on the part of the father;1352 secondly, the seizure of the bride.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
This betrothing of children is now the custom of the age, in knightly as well as in princely families.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
By betrothing, the mind of the one is united to the mind of the other, so as to effect a marriage of the spirit previous to a marriage of the body, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
By betrothing, the mind of one is conjoined to the mind of the other, so as to effect a marriage of the spirit, previous to marriage, 303, 305.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
