trothplight
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
adjective
noun
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of trothplight
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English trouth plight “having plighted troth, betrothed”; see origin at troth, plight 2
Example Sentences
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It was not surprising that he should enter some protest against any but a spontaneous cancelling of Gwen's trothplight.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
“Nay, I deem it not,” said Hallblithe: “But, tell me, is it verily true that my trothplight is not here, that I may ransom her?”
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William
Why should I not choose to go up on to the Island to deliver my trothplight maiden?
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William
"So many there are in the King's garth Of Hafbur's death shall be glad; Good reward for them to lose The trothplight mays they had."
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William
But in whatever sense Thornton and Maisie were trothplight, her father opposed their marriage, although it would no doubt have been a social elevation for the miller's daughter.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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