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Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, n.
1. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
[Obs.] --Shak.
2. Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs.]
Handfast
Handfast Hand"fast`, a.
Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] --Bale.
HandfastHandfast Hand"fast`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Handfasting.]
To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to
cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs.] HandfastHandfast Hand"fast`, n. [G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong.
See Fast.]
Strong; steadfast.[R.] --Carlyle.
Meaning of Handfast from wikipedia
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Handfasting is a
traditional practice that,
depending on the term's usage, may
define an
unofficiated wedding (in
which a
couple marries without an officiant...
- are
three chalk formations,
including a
stack and a stump,
located at
Handfast Point, on the Isle of
Purbeck in Dorset,
southern England. They mark the...
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which handfasting created could only be
dissolved by death.
English legal authorities held that, even if not
followed by intercourse,
handfasting was as...
- one.
Wiccan marriages are
commonly known as
handfastings and are a
celebration held by Wiccans.
Handfasting was
originally a
medieval ritual and has been...
- Theatre, 24
September 2013
Handfast –
TalkFest in the
Borders Handfast – Nuts****
Theatre Handfast –
Summerhall Review:
Handfast by Nuts****
Theatre – David...
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socially and financially,
would have been
considered a catch. Furthermore, a "
handfast" and
pregnancy were
frequent precursors to
legal marriage at the time....
- Jim Morrison.
Kennealy said that
Morrison parti****ted in a
neopagan handfasting ceremony with her.
According to Kennealy, the
couple signed a handwritten...
- 2018 (2018-12-23) 0.91
Roger and
Brianna are
reunited in
Wilmington and
exchange handfasting vows, but she
learns that he knew that her
parents would die and did...
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wedding in
traditional outfits A
bride and a
bridegroom in
Nepal Neopagan handfasting ceremony A
Muslim couple in
India at
their wedding ceremony, also called...
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Neopagan handfasting ceremony at
Avebury (Beltane 2005)...
