affiance
Example Sentences
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Jealousy and distrust are the bane of friendship, whose essence is esteem and affiance.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
It is not well done for a king to affiance himself to one woman when he already has another for his wife.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. by Morris, Charles
To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; Ð used esp. of a woman.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
For nothing that man can give would I have you doubt my faith and affiance.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
That attachment and affiance, which ought to subsist between the dependant and his protector, are destroyed.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
