vow of fidelity

If we're going to continue this marriage, I want your vow of fidelity.

He hung his head, for the young woman's vows of fidelity made him happy at bottom.

On the contrary, as an unmarried man, I am not bound by any vow of fidelity.

I'm not talking about unbreakable vows of fidelity until the end of time.

She was constrained by her vows of fidelity to be faithful, while he suffered no such constraints.

That vow of fidelity came too late to rescue Mr. Chen.

She'd taken a vow of fidelity, bravery, and integrity, and she was a good agent.

When it was seen now that he spent all his time with the Queen, the story went round that he had taken vows of fidelity.

In my opinion, this is 'must reading' for those who believe that a lifelong vow of fidelity is unrealistic or oppressive, especially to women.

It may be that it served to absolve Pepin from the vow of fidelity to the fallen monarch.

Fathers in Israel' wept like children, and many vows of fidelity were recorded in heaven as the result of that sermon.

Bohemond proved to be an erratic ally, changing his vows of fidelity in whichever way he considered the best interest for his principality.

Bloom, now 80, offers a kind of summing-up of ideas from his sterling career in criticism, and ­reaffirms his vows of fidelity to Shakespeare.

While the aunt laid this soothing unction to her pride, the niece treasured up the oft-repeated vows of fidelity of the page.

The two men exchanged vows of fidelity, and Li Guiguan retired from the stage to be addressed by acquaintances as Bi's wife.

For example, a marriage would be invalid if one of the parties, at the time of marriage, did not intend to honour the vow of fidelity.

Johnston noted that Letia took Christian marriage vows of fidelity, but he remained faithful for only a few months before taking another wife and renouncing Christianity.

Both parties were encouraged to treat the relationship seriously and conduct the affair honorably, and the nenja might be required to write a formal vow of fidelity.

Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening on the very morning of the wedding.

This was von Münchhausen's chance, and he signed the Gelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft, the vow of fidelity to Adolf Hitler.

Shouldn’t friends gracefully release you from the usual courtesies, rather like some couples agree to suspend vows of fidelity if George Clooney or Scarlett Johansson drops round?

Hence the vows of fidelity sworn on the Testaments; hence the dark hints repeated on the very morning of the proposed marriage that something sinister might be afoot.

Ms. DiCarlo's views began to change when her partner began to think about marriage as a means of long-term financial custodianship, rather than merely as an idealized vow of fidelity.

I remember your wedding day when you stood before the aitar and made your vows of fidelity, for better or for worseand the first worse that turns up, you find a new lover.