Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 16 compound words that contain vow. The most common are listed below. Open vow in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- marriage vowOne of the solemn promises made by a couple to each other, usually at their wedding.
- Day of the VowA religious public holiday in South Africa on 16 December, commemorating the Voortrekkers' victory in the Battle of Blood River in 1838. After the end of apartheid in 1994, it was officially replaced by the Day of Reconciliation.
- wedding vowThe oath taken during a wedding ceremony, which concludes with "I do."
- solemn vowA deliberate and free promise made to God about a possible and better good, taken by an individual during or after novitiate in a Catholic religious institute.
- break-vowAn untrustworthy person; someone who habitually breaks vows and promises.
Compound words 16
- revowTo vow again or anew.
- vowerOne who makes a vow.
- vowmakingThe making of a vow.
- vowlessWithout a vow; not having taken a vow.
- vowmakerOne who makes a vow.
- devowTo give up; to devote.
- vowessA woman who has taken religious vows, especially a vow of chastity.
- vowestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of vow
- voweththird-person singular simple present indicative of vow: A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
- vowelsplural of vowel: A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.