affiance
Example Sentences
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For in him is all mine affiance; We have in the world so many a day Be on good friends in sport and play.
From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest
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
"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
Canst thou say, in humble assurance of thine affiance in Him, “My beloved is mine, and I am His!”
From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
Your uncle holds my father as prudent and wise: they are two ancient gentlemen, of ripe years, and have faith and affiance the one in the other.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
