troth
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He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019
But even if he were a corporeal being, he could never pledge his troth to another.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
His audience, at home and in European capitals, quickly recognized this was no lovey-dovey replighting of troth.
From Time • Jan. 23, 2013
Marie Ledger detects the “sweet scent of irony in Lord Grantham falling for the parlor maid,” what with him being so harsh on Sibyl for pledging her troth to the chauffeur.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2012
Reginald advised that the troth had to be dropped only a little bit at a time.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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