affiance

Example Sentences

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The choice rested with the fathers, who were accustomed to affiance their sons early, indeed when mere boys.

From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo

Ne'er shalt thou rue thy dear affiance: Him that I love, oh let me know!’

From Stories of the Wagner Opera by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

She may bear with them, but she layeth no affiance in them.”

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

No. In the words of the old church service, “her soul must ever have affiance in God.”

From Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

"In God's name," cried he, "I plight such affiance as seems most meet to thee."

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene