2syllables
handfast
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Definitions ofhandfast
1noun
- A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
- A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
1verb
- To pledge; to bind
- (obsolete or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
1adjective
- Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
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