subarrhation

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  1. The ancient custom or rite of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other objects, upon the woman. Also subarration. The prayer which follows … takes the place of a long form of blessing which followed the subarrhation in the ancient office. Blunt, Annotated Book of Common Prayer, p. 455.

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  1. from Middle Latin *sub- arratio(n-), from subarrare, betroth, from Latin sub, under, + arrha, earnest-money, a pledge: see arrha.
 

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