Meaning of Vincture | Babel Free

Definitions

A binding.

obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] no gentler vinctures fettered her to her second home, except the sweet tie of her motherhood. All the dreams, all the betrayed hopes of her past flew to the cradle[…]”

“[…] this treaty is a mere vincture to those who have adhered to the Hague; then what object has the article following […]”

“[…] the pledge of a moral padlock or the knotted string of a legal contract […] the vincture of marriage, while somewhere in the background a pale verger lent his tongue to the murmured responses. No joyful voices praised the Lord. A bended knee, a clasp of hands, a ring, a few words made luminous with love[…]”

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