Spousal — Defs

01 a. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.

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Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.

02 n. Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.

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Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
“Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.” — Chaucer.

“The spousals of the newborn year.” — Emerson.