betrothment

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She was eighteen and adorable, but her mother would not hear to a betrothment.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

He was also to restore to Philip the fortresses and estates which had been conveyed to his father as Alice's dowry at the time of her betrothment to Richard in her infancy.

From Richard I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Her betrothment to the Danish crown-prince was concluded by a written document, but the public announcement of this alliance was to be deferred for a few years.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

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

You shall marry Aurelia, and in a few days we shall solemnize the betrothment.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)