betrothment

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In Norway, this betrothment gives the couple a certain dignity beyond that of the unengaged, and more liberty of companionship, together with certain rights in law.

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

The circumstances of this betrothment were somewhat extraordinary.

From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Milder thoughts, we say; and consented to a meeting next autumn at some half-way station, where their great business might be brought to a happy settlement and betrothment.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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

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