affiance
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Jealousy and distrust are the bane of friendship, whose essence is esteem and affiance.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
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
He chose her in a love, whose affiance was sanctioned in heaven; and after three years' absence in the Lake Country, he and Julia met again at his father's house.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
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 is not well done for a king to affiance himself to one woman when he already has another for his wife.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. by Morris, Charles