betrothment
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Con′tract, an agreement on fixed terms: a bond: a betrothment: the writing containing an agreement.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
In both sects there is a betrothment: amongst the Jews for seven, amongst the Gitanos for a period of two years.
From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry
He was more frightened than anybody at the moment the owl cried, on your betrothment night, when you fancied that Nipen had carried off Oddo.
From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Martineau, Harriet
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)
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 Early Kings of Norway by Carlyle, Thomas
