BETROTHAL


Meaning of BETROTHAL in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A spot on a collar can spoil a betrothal .

All at once Jehan realised that Jehana had not yet given her reasons for consenting to betrothal with Alexei.

As for Richard's betrothal nothing came of it.

But betrothal began to wear on Margarett.

In February 1173 he met Humbert at Montferrat in the Auvergne to finalize the details of the betrothal .

So the betrothal was arranged and the marriage soon followed.

Some initiation ceremony perhaps or unspoken betrothal ?

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