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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrothed}; p. pr & vb n. {Betrothing}.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See {Truth}.] 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser. Ay and we are betrothed. --Shak. 2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? --Deut. xx 7. 3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. --Ayliffe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: betroth v : give to in marriage [syn: {engage}, {affiance}, {plight}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Betroth to promise "by one's truth." Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deut. 28:30; Judg. 14:2, 8; Matt. 1:18-21). The term is figuratively employed of the spiritual connection between God and his people (Hos. 2:19, 20).
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