We have no meanings for "formal betrothal" in our records yet.
1 There had been no formal betrothal to Marietta.
2 A formal betrothal had seemed scarcely necessary.
3 When the affair has reached this stage, it becomes necessary to secure the public recognition which constitutes the relation a formal betrothal .
4 It was not, therefore, until a formal betrothal began to loom up, that the seniors on either side bethought themselves of the consequences.
5 Then she takes some feathers off the baby's head and puts them on to his; that makes it a formal betrothal , binding to both sides.
6 "But," said he, perceiving his error, "how many persons am I to call out before she will consent to a formal betrothal ? "
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