† fiançaillesn.
Obsolete.
With plural agreement. A betrothal.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun]
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betrothingc1315
truthingc1350
espousala1393
troth-plighta1393
desponsationa1400
troth-plightingc1400
ensurance1469
fiançailles1477
handfasting1483
assurancea1513
assuring1530
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contract1551
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despousage1570
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handfasta1616
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hand-fastening1662
disposories1668
contraction1702
engagement1811
plightage1819
betrothal1844
heart-bond1887
introduction1965
kwanjula1973
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 170 During the fyansialles & trouthplightyng of Iason & of Creusa.
1625 J. Chamberlain Let. 6 May (1939) II. 614 The fiançialles were performed on Thursday.
a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 183 Might she with a good Conscience substitute a Papist for her sons Proctor for the Fiansals.
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