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Definition of Affiance
1. Verb. Give to in marriage.
Definition of Affiance
1. n. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
2. v. t. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
Definition of Affiance
1. Verb. (transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. ¹
2. Noun. Faith, trust. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affiance
1. to betroth [v -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES] - See also: betroth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affiance
Literary usage of Affiance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books by John Wilkins, William Lloyd (1710)
"Of Faith or affiance in God, ... excite in us, affiance, Love, Reverence, ...
Concerning affiance ; by which I mean an ..."
2. The Lover's Lexicon: A Handbook for Novelists, Playwrights, Philosophers by Frederick Greenwood (1893)
"affiance. THOUGH all words, like all men, spring from the same humble beginnings,
they rise to different ... "affiance" belongs to the more fortunate order. ..."
3. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"The gospel lays a strong foundation of a cheerful dependence upon the grace and
love of God, and affiance in it. This confirmed by several gospel ..."
4. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"He had procured from the English favourable conditions of peace for his allies
the Scots ; he had prevailed on the nobles of Scotland not only to affiance ..."
5. A Moral Essay Upon the Soul of Man: In Three Parts (1690)
"It is affiance which gives the ... to attend without Wavering, and with a full
and entire Affu- i'ance, all that which we hope front him with V 4 affiance^ ..."
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