betrothal
noun
the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
betrothment
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a variation of
betrothal.
Example Sentences
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He was also to restore to Philip the fortresses and estates which had been conveyed to his father as Alice's dowry at the time of her betrothment to Richard in her infancy.
From Richard I Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Milder thoughts, we say; and consented to a meeting next autumn at some half-way station, where their great business might be brought to a happy settlement and betrothment.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Con′tract, an agreement on fixed terms: a bond: a betrothment: the writing containing an agreement.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Milder thoughts, we say; and consented to a meeting next autumn, at some half-way station, where their great business might be brought to a happy settlement and betrothment.
From Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle
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 Marion Harland
