Definition of Trothplighted

1. a. Having fidelity pledged.

Definition of Trothplighted

1. Adjective. (dated) Having pledged one's troth; engaged; promised. ¹

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Definition of Trothplighted

1. trothplight [v] - See also: trothplight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trothplighted

tropæan
tropæolin
tropæum
trosh
troshing
trossers
trot
trot off
trot out
troth
trothed
trothful
trothing
trothless
trothplight
trothplighted (current term)
trothplighting
trothplights
troths
trotline
trotlines
trots
trotted
trotter
trotters
trotting
trotting horse
trottings
trottoir
trottoirs

Literary usage of Trothplighted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... who shall be married to a woman, and when he commeth to the church doore to be married, there, after affiance and trothplighted betweene them, ..."

2. A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1886)
"Since you make so great a claim on Mag. gie, you may ; but why did she not write to you, if you were trothplighted? " " Because it was fully understood ..."

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