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Definition of Betrothed
1. Noun. The person to whom you are engaged.
2. Adjective. Pledged to be married. "The engaged couple"
Definition of Betrothed
1. Verb. (past of betroth) ¹
2. Noun. Fiancé or fiancée ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Betrothed
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betrothed
Literary usage of Betrothed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Visigothic Code: (Forum Judicum) by Visigoths, Samuel Parsons Scott (1910)
"Where a Girl Marries against the Will of her Father, while she is betrothed to
Another. Where anyone is betrothed to a girl, either by the consent of her ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"The Pope had been asked whether, where a girl had been betrothed by word of ...
He remains indeed quite within the law in allowing a betrothed woman to ..."
3. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1860)
"Children are often very early betrothed by their parents, sometimes even in infancy.
... Instances have been known of betrothed damsels committing suicide, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"AN EPISODE OF THE PLAGUE IN MILAN From 'The betrothed ' [The hero of the novel,
... enters Milan on foot, seeking his lost betrothed, Lucia Mondella. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"The Pope had been asked whether, where a girl had been betrothed by word of mouth
only, and died before marriage, her sister could marry the »ame man. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Not long after this the little girl was taken to the Thuringian court to be
brought up with her future husband and, in the course of time, to be betrothed ..."
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