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betrothal

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be·troth·al  (b-trl, -trôthl)
n.
1. The act of betrothing or the fact of being betrothed.
2. A mutual promise to marry; an engagement: announced their betrothal the next day.
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Noun1.betrothalbetrothal - a mutual promise to marry
troth, engagement
promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
ringing - the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
2.betrothal - the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
espousal
ritual, rite - any customary observance or practice
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The betrothal of Rosa grew out of the soothing of his year of mental distress by his fast friend and old college companion, Drood: who likewise had been left a widower in his youth.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
No betrothal ceremony took place and Natasha's engagement to Bolkonski was not announced; Prince Andrew insisted on that.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
To it she had come back joyfully after all her absences; at its window she had knelt through that night of bitter agony when she believed Gilbert dying, and by it she had sat in speechless happiness the night of her betrothal.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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