affiance
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That attachment and affiance, which ought to subsist between the dependant and his protector, are destroyed.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
Thus Lincoln learned and knew that among all men, and between all men and God there was a fundamental ground of imperishable affiance.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
No. In the words of the old church-service, "Her soul must ever have affiance in God."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
It denotes the soul’s affiance to its Lord.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah