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Definition of affiance : 1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
2. To assure by promise.
3. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise ( one's self or another) in marriage.
4. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.

Synonyms:

lease, pledge, pursue, employ, occupy, plight, take, engross, charter, prosecute, engage, enlist, lock, absorb, hire, wage, rent, betroth, operate, mesh

Usage examples:

• The Church does not exist simply for the benefit of individual souls; it is an eternal institution, with an affiance to Christ, a calling and destiny of its own; within that universal sphere our personal destiny holds its particular place. - "The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians", G. G. Findlay.
• It denotes the soul’ s affiance to its Lord. - "The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians", G. G. Findlay.
• If thou bearest me love and affiance, and for thy part wilt promise to make richer all the riches that are mine, on my part I will free thee from these sullen rags and array thee in the purple and ermine of a king. - "Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut", Wace.