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- noun Plural form of
troth .
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Examples
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He knows he is not alone in competing for Thaler's affections, as the woods here are thick with the corpses of assistant professors who died plighting their troths, or in some cases trothing their plights.
Men Go to Great Lengths to Woo Reclusive Poetess Con Chapman 2011
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Clinton and Mezvinsky have, no doubt, had the "What to do when children come?" conversation couples in "mixed" marriages are urged to have before pledging their troths.
Michele Somerville: Chelsea and Marc: Their Mixed Marriage, a Mixed Blessing Michele Somerville 2010
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Clinton and Mezvinsky have, no doubt, had the "What to do when children come?" conversation couples in "mixed" marriages are urged to have before pledging their troths.
Michele Somerville: Chelsea and Marc: Their Mixed Marriage, a Mixed Blessing 2010
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The actors pledged their troths before a judge in Santa Fe at the official residence of New Mexico Gov.
Love etc.: Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart tie the knot, finally 2010
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And, by my two faiths and troths, my lord, I spoke mine.
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When he and the maid had pledged their troths, Siegfried's arm embraced eftsoon the winsome maid.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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The same night they put many to ransom and believed them on their faiths and troths, and ransomed them but easily, for they said they would set no knight's ransom so high, but that he might pay at his ease and maintain still his degree.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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And by my two faiths and troths, my lord, I spoke mine.
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England perpetuates some of the Sarum peculiarities such as the manner of the plighting of troths, the giving of gold and silver by bridegroom to bride during the marriage ceremony, and the like, though some other observances, such as the holding of a silken canopy over the newly-married couple and the falling of the bride at her husband's feet to kiss them in token of subjection, have dropped out.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The same night they put many to ransom and believed them on their faiths and troths, and ransomed them but easily, for they said they would set no knights ransom so high, but that he might pay at his ease and maintain still his degree.
The Battle of Poitiers. How the Prince Returned to Bordeaux after the Battle of Poitiers 1909
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