Category:Spousal

Spous"al, a. Etym: [see espousal, sponsal, and spouse.]

Defn: of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; Conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.

Spousal Spous"al, n. Etym: [see espousal, spouse.]

Defn: marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; As, the spousals of hippolita. Dryden. Boweth your head under that blissful yoke. . . Which that men Clepeth spousal or wedlock. Chaucer. The spousals of the newborn year. Emerson.