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Espousal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A betrothal. countable, uncountable

    "So he pressed her again and again with advice on the matter of espousals; but she ever opposed to him refusals, till at last she turned upon him angrily and cried, "O my father, if thou name matrimony to me once more, I will go into my chamber and take a sword, and, fixing its hilt on the ground, will set its point to my waist; then I will press upon it, till it come forth from my back, and so slay myself.""

  2. 2
    the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception wordnet
  3. 3
    A wedding ceremony. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of becoming betrothed or engaged wordnet
  5. 5
    Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse.

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