betrothal

• “And you have been loth to part with her, even in betrothal ....”

  Love and Life Behind the Purdah

• “I tell you, Mr. Le Noir, that your manner of speaking of my betrothal is equally insulting to myself, Doctor Rocke and my dear father, who never would have plighted our hands had he considered our prospective marriage a mésalliance.”

  The Hidden Hand

• “So maybe Vanderbeek sees the Kovalchuk deal, and the long-term betrothal to the even more important”

  SI.com

• “Italian rabbis divided on the question whether the number of witnesses to a betrothal should be the talmudic pair or ten, reflecting a clear need for more to enhance supervision of the proceedings.”

  Italy, Early Modern.

• “The process that the Waynes chose, called betrothal, requires a man and woman to make a binding commitment to marry before beginning any romantic -- much less physical -- relationship.”

  The Wall Street Journal: They Plight Their Troth -- and Mean It

• ““Good!” said the smiling Torres; “it is what you might call a betrothal journey.””

  Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

• “To speak of breaking a betrothal is a serious matter!”

  The Frozen Heart

• “There is a single feature of the situation in the spring of 1527 which might be taken as pointing to a belief on the King's part that the validity of the marriage would be confirmed: namely the betrothal of his daughter to”

  England under the Tudors

• “And when I find myself once more on board, when the scene enacted on the hill above recurs to my mind, it seems to me that my betrothal is a joke, and my new family a set of puppets.”

  The French Immortals Series — Complete

• “Soon after the betrothal was announced, the Czar died, and three weeks later, while the court was still in mourning, Alix and Nicholas were married.”

  Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child

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