affiance

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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

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

And this affiance was in its being moral.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

It denotes the soul’s affiance to its Lord.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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