Ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married
For the 1950 film, see Wedding Ring (film). For the 1951 film, see Engagement Ring (film).
Two engagement rings, as traditionally worn on the ring finger of the left hand
An engagement ring, also known as a betrothal ring, is a ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married, especially in Western cultures. A ring is presented as an engagement gift by a partner to their prospective spouse when they propose marriage or directly after a marriage proposal is accepted. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage. In most Western countries, engagement rings are worn mostly by women, and rings can feature diamonds or other gemstones. The neologism "mangagement ring" is sometimes used for an engagement ring worn by men. In some cultures, including Northern Europe, both partners wear matching rings, and engagement rings may also be used as wedding rings. In the Anglosphere, the ring is customarily worn on the left hand ring finger, but customs vary considerably elsewhere across the world.[citation needed]
Historically, engagement rings are blessed and then worn during the betrothal ceremony of a couple,[1][2]but neither the engagement ring nor any other ring is worn at the time when the wedding ring is put by the groom on the finger of the bride as part of the marriage ceremony, and sometimes by the bride onto the groom's finger.[3] After the wedding, the engagement ring is usually put back on and is usually worn on the outside of the wedding ring.[3] In the present-day, the giving of the engagement ring "constitutes the subarration".[4]
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^ abWhite, Annie Randall (1901). Twentieth Century Etiquette. p. 275. The engagement ring is removed at the altar by the bridegroom, who passes the wedding-ring (a plain gold band, with the date and the initials engraved inside) to the clergyman, to be used by him in the ceremony. On the way home from church, or as soon thereafter as convenient, the bridegroom may put the engagement ring back on the bride's finger, to stand guard over its precious fellow.
^"Betrothal". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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