Trothplight
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 betrothal. obsolete
"My Wife's a Holy-Horse, deserues a Name As ranke as any Flax-Wench, that puts to Before her troth-plight: say't, and iustify't."
Verb
- 1 To betroth. obsolete
"It is certaine Corporall, that he is marryed to Nell Quickly, and certainly she did you wrong, for you were troth-plight to her"
Example
More examples"My Wife's a Holy-Horse, deserues a Name As ranke as any Flax-Wench, that puts to Before her troth-plight: say't, and iustify't."
Etymology
From troth + plight.
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