2. Noun. The ceremony in which people handfast. ¹
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Definition of Handfasting
1. handfast [v] - See also: handfast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handfasting
Literary usage of Handfasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries by John Malcolm Bulloch (1892)
"handfasting (IV., 201).—In addition to the examples already given, perhaps the
following may still be considered interesting :—John Mac-Vic- Ewen, ..."
2. Shakespear, Himself, and His Work: A Study from New Points of View by William Carew Hazlitt (1903)
"The question of handfasting discussed. A new witness introduced. The poet's oiv
n look-back on his marriage in later life. Sunday weddings. ..."
3. Border Sketches (1870)
"KES — SUNDAYS — COW- BUTTS—FAIRS—handfasting. BESIDES those holidays which had
more or less of a sacred character, and recurred at stated periods, ..."
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