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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Spousal

Spous'al, a.

adjective

a. [See ESPOUSAL, SPONSAL, and SPOUSE.] Pertaining to a spouse, or to a marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.

I, long before the blissful hour arrives, Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consolation. Wordsworth.

Spous'al, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. espousailles, Sp. esponsales, Lat. sponsalia. See ESPOUSALS.] Marriage; nuptials; — generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.