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affiaunce

affiaunce is the obsolete form of affiance.

Meaning of affiance

Noun

affiance (plural affiances)

  1. Faith, trust.
    • […] in syr Launcelot & you I moost had my Ioye / & myn affyaunce / & now haue I lost my Ioye of you bothe […]
      […] "in Sir Launcelot and you I most had my joy, and mine affiance, and now have I lost my joy of you both" […]1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421r
  2. (archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
    • I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne; / Accord of friends, consent of parents sought, / Affiance made, my happinesse begonne […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about affiaunce

What is affiaunce the obsolete form of?
Affiaunce is the obsolete form of affiance.

Words near affiaunce in the dictionary

  1. affiancers
  2. affiances
  3. affiancing
  4. affiant
  5. affiants
  6. affiaunce
  7. affibodies
  8. affibody
  9. affiche
  10. affiched
  11. affiches

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