[S]he had expected the worst ever since Drusilla had deliberately tried to unsex herself by refusing to feel any natural grief at the death in battle not only of her affianced husband but of her own father [...]
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Affiance
//əˈfaɪ.əns//
Synonyms for "affiance" (11 found)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- врека се verb (to be betrothed to)
- вричам се verb (to be betrothed to)
- сгодя се verb (to be betrothed to)
- сгодявам се verb (to be betrothed to)
Dutch
1 entries- sich verloven met verb (to be betrothed to)
Finnish
1 entries- olla kihloissa verb (to be betrothed to)
German
1 entries- sich verloben mit verb (to be betrothed to)
Hungarian
1 entries- eljegyez verb (to be betrothed to)
Icelandic
1 entries- trúlofast verb (to be betrothed to)
Irish
1 entries- luaigh le verb (to be betrothed to)
Russian
2 entries- обруча́ться verb (to be betrothed to)
- обручи́ться verb (to be betrothed to)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
She left our former teacher at the altar. Oh well, it's no secret that Prissy was affianced to our former teacher, but justifiably fled the wedding.
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[…] in syr Launcelot & you I moost had my Ioye / & myn affyaunce / & now haue I lost my Ioye of you bothe […] […] "in Sir Launcelot and you I most had my joy, and mine affiance, and now have I lost my joy of you both" […]
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All other outward shewes and exterior apparences are common to all religions: As hope, affiance [translating confiance], events, ceremonies, penitence and martyrdome.
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