10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBARRHATION»
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subarrhation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
subarrhation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Alliance of Divine Offices
The giving of h the ring may seem here to be misplaced, for anciently it did rather
belong to the contract than to the perficient and ultimate act of marriage ; for the
old mode of espousals, as of all other contracts, was by subarrhation, or giving of
...
2
Love and Marriage in the Age of Chaucer
According to John Burgh, if this sort of “subarrhation” (bestowal of the spousal
arrba, or pledge) is made directly between the spouses, it is presumed to be a
marriage, whether or not words of mutual consent have been spoken. For, as
Burgh ...
3
The History and Poetry of Finger-rings
After this, the man delivered to the woman the ring and other gifts : an action
which was termed subarrhation. In the latter ages the espousals have always
been performed at the same time as the office of matrimony, both in the western
and ...
4
Origines liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English ritual: ...
Subarrhation, in matrimony, what, ii. 214. Supremacy, oath of, used in the time of
Elizabeth, ii. 277 ; justified, 278, &c. by the practice of the whole eastern church,
280,281. , regal, in ecclesiastical affairs, consistent with the law of God and the ...
5
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
Subarrhation,subarā′shun, n.theancient custom of betrothal by gift ofpledges. [L
.sub, under, arrha, earnest money.] Subastral, subas′tral, adj. situated beneath
the stars, terrestrial. Subaudition, subawdish′un, n. a sense understood not ...
6
Report of Two Cases Upon the Marriage Law of Ireland: Argued ...
After this, the man delivered to the woman the ring and other gifts, an action
which was termed subarrhation. In the latter ages the espousals have always
been performed at the same time as the office of matrimony, both in the western
and ...
Hamilton Smythe, Richard Bourke (barrister at law.), 1842
7
Origines Liturgicæ: Or, Antiquities of the English Ritual : ...
... 171. monuments of this liturgy, 172. its order and substance stated, 173 — 175.
Subarrhation, in matrimony, what, ii. 211. Supremacy, oath of, used in the time of
Elizabeth, ii. 274. justified, 275, &c. by the practice of the whole eastern church, ...
8
Oxford Thesaurus of English
noun 1 they broke off their engagement: betrothal, betrothment, marriage contract
; French fiançailles; archaic plighting of one's troth, espousal, affiance, affiancing,
handfast; rare sponsalia, subarrhation. 2 he had a business engagement that ...
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E.M. Forster's A Passage to India
... a stud is "a horse-breeding establishment" and a stud is "a spur, stump, or short
branch." Further, the exchange of the collar-stud between Aziz and Fielding may
be compared with subarrhation about which the same dictionary writes that ...
3. betrothal, betrothing, betrothment, engagement, espousal, sponsalia, plighting,
match, marriage compact, vow, subarrhation, Archaic, affiance. — v. 4. compress,
condense, concentrate, abstract, synopsize, summarize, digest, brief, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
