Noun
by my troth, I will not trespass on your precious property
solemnly announced their troth before the church's congregation Verb
I troth myself eternally to your service.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Not for months, but for years, plighting their troth.—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Their actual exchange of troth must happen in glances, and then, ruinously, they are understood in a different way, when they’re seen by a girl on the hill.—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023 But these and more than 100 other representatives elected to pledge their troth to a man over the ideals of this nation.—Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020 After all, every suitor pledging troth is a struggling actor.—Armond White, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020 Every-where, love tokens are as traditional as plighting your troth, or just expressing an interest.—A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English trouth, from Old English trēowth — more at truth
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