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affiance v. t. (past & past part. affianced; pres. part. affiancing)

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. "To me, sad maid, he was affianced."

To assure by promise. (Obs.)

noun

Affiance n.

Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. (archaic)

Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. (archaic) "Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love." "Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance."

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Etymology of 'Affiance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Affiance" Quotes from Famous Books

... passeth; Lord, help that all wrought; For though I mourn it availeth nought. The day passeth, and is almost a-go; I wot not well what for to do. To whom were I best my complaint to make? What, and I to Fellowship thereof spake, And showed him of this sudden chance? For in him is all mine affiance; We have in the world so many a day Be on good friends in sport and play. I see him yonder, certainly; I trust that he will bear me company; Therefore to him will I speak to ease my sorrow. Well met, ...

— Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction • Anonymous

... named by Elizabeth to examine into Mary Stuart's conduct was Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Be it that he was convinced of Mary's innocence, be it that he was urged by the ambitious project which since served as a ground for his prosecution, and which was nothing else than to wed Mary Stuart, to affiance his daughter to the young king, and to become regent of Scotland, he resolved to extricate her from her prison. Several members of the high nobility of England, among whom were the Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland, entered into the plot and under, took to support it with ...

— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... Pericles, with the consent of Thaisa, solemnly affiance their daughter, the virtuous Marina, to the well-deserving Lysimachus ...

— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles and Mary Lamb

... than this fond affiance! Seems he a dove? his feathers are but borrow'd, For he's disposed as the hateful raven; Is he a lamb? his skin is surely lent him, For he's inclin'd as is the ravenous wolf. Who cannot steal a shape that means deceit? Take heed, my lord; the welfare of us all Hangs ...

— King Henry VI, Second Part • William Shakespeare [Rolfe edition]

... thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy ...

— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England

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