OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49754

engagement ring

Meanings (ES + gloss)
anillo de compromiso • anillo de pedida
A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended spouse, symbolizing a formal pledge of matrimony and commonly consisting of a gold band adorned with one or more diamonds or other precious gemstones.
Then, aroused to the sense of what was proper among mortals circumstanced as we were, I pointed out to Kitty that an engagement-ring was the outward and visible sign of her dignity…
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