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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 1005 — Chapter VII · RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL

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"Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner. The minister receiving the woman at her father's or friend's hands," etc.: Bingham, The Christian Marriage Ceremony, 164.

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