betrothing
Example Sentences
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This betrothing of children is now the custom of the age, in knightly as well as in princely families.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
F. B. W. The Sposalizio, or "espousals," or betrothing, is certainly a different ceremony from the marriage.
From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
They had a ceremony of betrothing, which preceded that of marriage.
From Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. by William Priest
All the more necessary, in the opinion of the time, to prevent youths and maidens betrothing themselves without their parents' consent.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
An old baron insists on betrothing his daughter and heiress to her kinsman freshly knighted.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
