Vincture

Quick meaning: Vincture is a noun meaning (obsolete) A binding.

Meaning

(obsolete) A binding.

Example Sentences

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

[…] 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[…]

[…] 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[…]

Word Forms

• vinctures

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tincture, vintry, vinage, vynegre, vintneress, tinctura.

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