betrothment

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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 ceremony of betrothment usually took place in a church.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

This happened forthwith; and thus before the presented soup had grown cold, was a formal betrothment concluded.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

One thing, however, is strictly forbidden, and if in this instance they prove contumacious, the betrothment is instantly broken and the pair are never united, and thenceforward bear an evil reputation amongst their sect.

From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry

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