betrothing
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When the time of betrothing is completed, the nuptials ought to take place, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
By betrothing, the mind of the one is united to the mind of the other, so as to effect a marriage of the spirit previous to a marriage of the body, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
Consent is to be secured and established by solemn betrothing, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
An old baron insists on betrothing his daughter and heiress to her kinsman freshly knighted.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
And the third, by the parties coming together, and living as husband and wife; which might as properly be called marriage as betrothing.
From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous
