betrothment

It was subsequently explained by a protector, that these were women who had daughters betrothed to the men of their tribe, and that during the period of betrothment the mothers are always thus rigidly veiled.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

From the time of her betrothment to Mr. Willet, a new life seemed born in her spirit and a new beauty stamped upon her countenance.

From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

And when he gave her the kiss of betrothment her lips grew white.

From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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

Her beauty, her wit, they were her own; but they had availed her little before her betrothment to Rube.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various