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Definition of Trothplights
1. trothplight [v] - See also: trothplight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trothplights
Literary usage of Trothplights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Matrimonial Institutions Chiefly in England and the United by George Elliott Howard (1904)
"The evils naturally flowing from the law and doctrine of espousals are here
realistically disclosed in the " trothplights" and the similar cases of ..."
2. Songs, Carols, and Other Miscellaneous Poems by Richard Hill (1908)
"Child-Marriages and -Divorces, trothplights, &c. Chester Depositions, 1561-6, ed.
Dr. Furnivall. 15s. 1807 109. The Prymer or Lay-Folks Prayer-Book, ab. ..."
3. The English Register of Oseney Abbey, by Oxford, Written about 1460 by Oseney abbey, Andrew Clark (1907)
"Child-Marriages and -Divorces, trothplights, &o. Chester Depositions, 1661-6, ed.
Dr. Furnivall. 15s. 1897 109. The Prymer or Lay-Folks Prayer-Book, ab. ..."
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