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Definition of Affianced
1. affiance [v] - See also: affiance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affianced
Literary usage of Affianced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"affianced Husband and affianced Wife.—Upon principle the words "affianced husband
or affianced wife," used in the statute are to be construed in the ..."
2. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"... his Easy-Chair—Hortensia de Mancini affianced to the Duke de la Meilleraye;
he assumes the name of Mazarin—Marianne de Mancini affianced to the ..."
3. The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations by William Tegg (1877)
"... present to the lover, and from this time the parties are considered as affianced.
A considerable time elapses before the marriage is celebrated. ..."
4. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"To be kept for one's eelf, to be affianced. (Prov. ... A privileged wife ; an
affianced wife. (Prov.) I'SOK' A'NAKA, ». [ANAKA, a child.] A (Prov. ..."
5. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1839)
"A spectacle of frequent recurrence was the wedding procession of young children,
affianced by their relations. Music and many torches dignify the procession ..."
6. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... were this He, which should break The Yoke from off their necks : and spake
thereof, Elyma, at Lydda, unto rich young Joseph, affianced to her daughter. ..."
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