betrothment

Example Sentences

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The story of this betrothment at Erlingsen’s will explain what I have just said.

From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Martineau, Harriet

She was eighteen and adorable, but her mother would not hear to a betrothment.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

The circumstances of this betrothment were somewhat extraordinary.

From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Her betrothment to the Danish crown-prince was concluded by a written document, but the public announcement of this alliance was to be deferred for a few years.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

In both sects there is a betrothment: amongst the Jews for seven, amongst the Gitanos for a period of two years.

From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry