Troth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Troth \Troth\, n. [A variant of truth. See {Truth}.]
     1. Belief; faith; fidelity.
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              Bid her alight
              And hertroth plight.                  --Shak.


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     2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. --Shak.
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              In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs.
                                                    --Addison.
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     3. Betrothal.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  troth
       n 1: a mutual promise to marry [syn: {betrothal}, {engagement}]
       2: a solemn pledge of fidelity [syn: {plight}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "troth":
     adherence, adhesion, affiance, allegiance, assurance, assure,
     attachment, avouch, avouchment, banns, banns of matrimony,
     become engaged, betroth, betrothal, betrothing, betrothment,
     bona fides, bond, bonne foi, constancy, contract,
     contract an engagement, countersign, devotedness, devotion, engage,
     engagement, espousal, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity,
     firmness, good faith, guarantee, handfasting, homage, loyalty,
     make a promise, marriage contract, oath, parole, pledge, plight,
     plighted faith, plighted troth, promise, publish the banns,
     solemn declaration, staunchness, steadfastness, swear, tie,
     true blue, trueness, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, warranty,
     word, word of honor