单词 | hand-fastening |
释义 | hand-fasteningn.ΚΠ eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 312 Mandatum, handfæstnung. OE Prudentius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 223) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 29/1 [Capta primo uita sub] chirografo : handfæstnunge. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 55 Mandatum, handfastnung. Cirographum, rædinggewrit uel landgewrit. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] truthc1300 betrothingc1315 truthingc1350 espousala1393 troth-plighta1393 desponsationa1400 troth-plightingc1400 ensurance1469 fiançailles1477 handfasting1483 assurancea1513 assuring1530 suring1530 contract1551 insurancea1556 trothing1565 despousage1570 betrothment1585 contracting1585 affiancing1596 spousage1596 espousage1599 handfasta1616 desponsories1645 hand-fastening1662 disposories1668 contraction1702 engagement1811 plightage1819 betrothal1844 heart-bond1887 introduction1965 kwanjula1973 1662 W. Pynchon Covenant Nature vi. 187 Faith is the only condition that is required to be performed, as the only hand-fastning Band of this marriage-Union with Christ. 1807 F. Douce Illustr. Shakspeare I. 109 The contract of the affiancing party was called handsaul; (whence our hansel) of the agreeing party, handfastening. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 346/2 The northern nations, including the English and the Scotch, called this ceremony [sc. betrothment] by the expressive term, hand-fasting, or hand-fastning. 3. A symbolic binding of hands performed as part of a marriage ceremony, esp. among Parsees. Now also with reference to neopaganism, Wicca, etc. (cf. handfasting n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > other types of wedding confarreation1598 farreation1656 coemption1676 Scotch marriage1762 foot washing1780 civil union1837 white wedding1840 hand-fastening1899 Anand Karaj1938 destination wedding1990 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. Bombay 5 267 It is the family priests who are entitled to the fee of hand-fastening. 1917 L. O. Hartman Pop. Aspects Oriental Relig. vi. 221 Hand-fastening consists in tying the right hands of the couple together as they sit opposite each other separated only by a curtain. 1980 M. Mallik Introd. Parsee Relig. 96 After the hand-fastening ceremony, one of the two priests, the senior one, blesses the couple. 2008 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 7 Dec. 24 For the wedding, the Rev. April Gismondi performed a hand-fastening ceremony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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