affiance
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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a pledging of faith, as a marriage contract.
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trust; confidence; reliance.
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of affiance
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French afiance, equivalent to afi ( er ) to pledge faith, declare on oath, betroth (< Medieval Latin affīdāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + *fīdāre, for Latin fīdere to trust; see confide) + -ance -ance
Example Sentences
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Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
He chose her in a love, whose affiance was sanctioned in heaven; and after three years' absence in the Lake Country, he and Julia met again at his father's house.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
And this affiance was in its being moral.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
Thus he pledged his faith, and the Duke accepted his affiance.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Canst thou say, in humble assurance of thine affiance in Him, “My beloved is mine, and I am His!”
From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
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