In that culture many years ago, it was customary to be betrothed by one's parents.    From LearnThat.org. 

Verb (used with object) : The couple was betrothed with the approval of both families.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : He introduced us to his betrothed.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.    From Dictionary.com. 

Her first betrothed is still in blood with her family, and both are in blood with her husband's family.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Albania] Reference

Her betrothed was a well-to-do young farmer up in Sullivan County.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Girl of Long Ago] Reference

Had they not, even in their childhood, been called the betrothed pair?.    From Wordnik.com.  [What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales] Reference

In a moment, he guessed that the tall, handsome man beside his betrothed was his rival.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

"They won't hang you," she rejoined with a laugh; "my betrothed is a lieutenant-general.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mauprat] Reference

In the kisses and the hand-touch of the betrothed are a zest and exhilaration which stir the blood like wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference

Seyganko did not have it in him to call his betrothed's father a liar, as Dobanpu did not have it in him to lie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan and The Gods of The Mountain]

You don't mean what is sometimes slangily called betrothed? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jill the Reckless] Reference

The fact that we were both, as she loved to say, "betrothed," should have brought us together.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Was Mademoiselle Charnot betrothed, or was she not?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Kate was betrothed to the son of another pack leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indian Animator Goes To Hollywood] Reference

I was betrothed to you; you were rich and I was poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Desvarennes and her betrothed, what would become of her?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

But Ian is the first to meet his betrothed on British soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Russia -- With Love?] Reference

He longed to meet his betrothed, yet feared to know his fate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

"You are dead, since your betrothed is about to marry another.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Such were the thoughts which filled the mind of the envied betrothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

They had already chosen for her and she was betrothed to Rama Ragobah.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Darrow Enigma] Reference

They were all three there, the betrothed and the father, and so happy!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Now the tabs say she is betrothed to a ventriloquist smitten by her act.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Year Later: Few Have Emerged Intact] Reference

That his betrothed was lost to him he understood, but he would not admit it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

I must do it, for Marie is my betrothed, and my death is written at Narbonne.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Lona was betrothed in spite of the loathing her parents knew she felt for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Darrow Enigma] Reference

The fool who goes so far away from his betrothed does not deserve her faithfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Micheline uttered a cry of triumph, which made him who had been her betrothed turn pale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Pierre followed her for a moment with his eyes, then, turning toward his betrothed, said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She most wanted to know in what state of mind her daughter's betrothed had arrived in Paris.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Micheline, deferring to her mother's wishes, had decided to allow herself to be betrothed to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She is also, unfortunately, betrothed to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth), an avaricious aristocrat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brush Up Your Shakespeare] Reference

For example, there are children in the developing world who are betrothed before they're born.    From Wordnik.com.  ['How Bad Things Can Happen'] Reference

But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference

He felt so happy that he resolved to do everything in his power to please the mother of his betrothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

He stopped short, astonished at the proposal and also at the sad and resolute attitude of his betrothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She set down the watering-pot with which she was wetting the linen, and looked anxiously at her betrothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Micheline's late betrothed, with despair in his heart, allowed his hands to be pressed and wrung in silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Pierre has certainly returned to claim his right as betrothed, and Mademoiselle Micheline loves Prince Serge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

In the event of the death of a woman's betrothed shortly before the date of the wedding, she may wear black for.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference

But she already had had several offers, and several times public rumor had already declared her to be betrothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference