Definition of Handfast

  • (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
  • (n.) Contract; specifically, espousal.
  • (a.) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
  • (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
  • (n.) Strong; steadfast.

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