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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A spot on a collar can spoil a betrothal .
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All at once Jehan realised that Jehana had not yet given her reasons for consenting to betrothal with Alexei.
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As for Richard's betrothal nothing came of it.
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But betrothal began to wear on Margarett.
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In February 1173 he met Humbert at Montferrat in the Auvergne to finalize the details of the betrothal .
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So the betrothal was arranged and the marriage soon followed.
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Some initiation ceremony perhaps or unspoken betrothal ?