affiance
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That firme affiance, quoth I, had I in you before, or else I would neuer haue gone so farre ouer the shooes, to plucke you out of the mire.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund
Now must he bid farewell to the mountain, for he is going home to his mother who will affiance him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
Thus he pledged his faith, and the Duke accepted his affiance.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Canst thou say, in humble assurance of thine affiance in Him, “My beloved is mine, and I am His!”
From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
No. In the words of the old church-service, "Her soul must ever have affiance in God."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
