What does "betroth" mean?
Betroth: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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