AFFIANCE

AFFI'ANCE, noun [Latin fido, fides.]1. The marriage contract or promise; faith pledged.2. Trust in general; confidence; reliance.The Christian looks to God with implicit affiance AFFI'ANCE, verb transitive 1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith or fidelity in marriage, or to promise marriage.To me, sad maid, he was affianced.2. To give confidenceAffianced in my faith.

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affiance. (fr) affiance, trust

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affiance. Affiance, n. confidence, trust, hope, a contrast

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Af‐fi″ance (ăf‐fī″ans), n. [[OE. afiaunce trust, confidence, OF. afiance, fr. afier to trust, fr. LL. affidare to trust; ad + fidare to trust, fr. L. fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Affidavit, Affy, Confidence.]] 1. 1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
2. 2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson.