betrothing

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But he coyly refrained from betrothing himself publicly to the growing Gaullist Union, headed by Ren� Capitant, which had announced that it would fight the constitution, put up candidates in the next elections.

From Time Magazine Archive

An old baron insists on betrothing his daughter and heiress to her kinsman freshly knighted.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.

It was a strange betrothing, and little said.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

From these few considerations it may appear, that, by betrothing, the mind of each of the parties is prepared for conjugial love, although in a different manner according to the affections.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

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 Swedenborg, Emanuel