Trothplight

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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