Betroth in a sentence

Betroth meaning

1. Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to.
2. Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.
3. Of God: to enter into a relationship with (believers, or the church as a whole); also, of a priest: to pledge (himself) to the church prior to being consecrated as a bishop.

Using Betroth

• The main meaning on this page is: Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to. | Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance. | Of God: to enter into a relationship with (believers, or the church as a whole); also, of a priest: to pledge (himself) to the church prior to being consecrated as a bishop.
• Useful related words include: engage, affiance, plight, vow.
• In the example corpus, betroth often appears in combinations such as: to betroth.

Context around Betroth

• Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
• Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
• Sentence types: 2 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Betroth

• In this selection, "betroth" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, cassandra stand out and add context to how "betroth" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include afoot to betroth him to and alexander to betroth her to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "betroth" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.