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Definition of Trothplighted
1. a. Having fidelity pledged.
Definition of Trothplighted
1. Adjective. (dated) Having pledged one's troth; engaged; promised. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trothplighted
1. trothplight [v] - See also: trothplight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trothplighted
Literary usage of Trothplighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... who shall be married to a woman, and when he commeth to the church doore to
be married, there, after affiance and trothplighted betweene them, ..."
2. A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1886)
"Since you make so great a claim on Mag. gie, you may ; but why did she not write
to you, if you were trothplighted? " " Because it was fully understood ..."
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