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
But now Liben bids farewell to the forest; he is going home that his mother may affiance and wed him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
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
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 Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
