Defn: The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing.
The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing.
When the plighting of the troth comes, the groom receives the ring from the best man and hands it to the bride, who gives it to the clergyman.
When plighting the troth, the bride gives her glove and bouquet to the maid of honor, or, what is better, the finger of the glove may be cut to allow the ring to be placed on without the glove being removed.
On their arrival at the altar she takes her place by the side of the bride, and is ready at the plighting of the troth to take the bride's glove and bouquet, and returns them to her at the end of the ceremony.
The "rush-ring" appears to have been a kind of token forplighting of troth among rustic lovers.
She had reserved her full consent: the plightingwas incomplete.
And she sighed not, as she pleaded, for the touch, but for the plighting it would have been.
The expression alludes to the manner of their plighting their faith on these occasions.
Robert had taken a heart-plighting adieu from his beloved Edith.
But by his father's positive injunction, there was no engagement for a hereafter actual plighting of hands made between them.
She spoke from the emotions of womanhood, beginning to-night in the plighting of her troth.
He has parted from the maiden fair, And with her as a token left A costly diamond ring; And from her has he taken in exchange A plighting ring of gold.
In the 'Dutch Courtezan,' an old play, a pair of lovers are introduced plighting their troth.
Clara's heart sank at the renewed engagement and plighting of herself involved in her asking a favour, urging any sort of petition.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plighting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
