Handfast



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
2.
Contract; specifically, espousal.
adjective
1.
Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
1.
Strong, steadfast