affiance

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In this meane while, such as misliked with the doctrine and ceremonies then vsed in the church, ceassed not to vtter their consciences, though in secret, to those in whome they had affiance.

From Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV by Holinshed, Raphael

Canst thou say, in humble assurance of thine affiance in Him, “My beloved is mine, and I am His!”

From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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

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.

You set affiance on him, I know, and I the like: and if he be not misturned, methinks he may yet prove a good servant.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah