单词 | marriage faith |
释义 | > as lemmasmarriage faith marriage faith n. now rare ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > vow > (promise of) conjugal fidelity spouse-faith1502 marriage covenant1555 marriage faith1586 1586 E. Pagitt tr. L. Lavater Bk. Ruth Expounded i. iii. f. 19v Naomie doth confesse afterward, that both these, did shew their mariage fayth to their husbands. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1115 Breaking her Marriage Faith to circumvent me. View more context for this quotation 1791 H. B. Dudley Woodman iii. xx. 94 Marriage faith's a pretty notion, If you could but change a wife. 1855 E. D. E. N. Southworth Deserted Wife 25 We fail to impress the duty of fidelity, and hence..broken marriage faith and deserted families. 1997 J. S. Bennett in K. P. McColgan & C. W. Durham Arenas of Conflict 254 The marriage faith, like the public trust of which it is a part, means working things through in ‘free and open encounter[s]’. < as lemmas |
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