affiance / affiants [əˈfaɪəns]
affiance – v. – formal – to promise someone to be married to a particular person; to promise solemnly, to pledge
affiants – n.pl. – law, people who make affidavits
affiance
…fit me by an earnest repentance, a lively faith, and a steadfast affiance in Thy mercy, for the night in which no man can work…
~The Priest’s Book of Private Devotion (1899) – Augustine David Crake
affiants
Augusta H. Basto was one of the seven affiants from Natchitoches Parish who claimed voter intimidation to the Returning Board.
~The Trial of the Natchitoches 48 (2011) – Penelope H. Bauer