Spous"al (?), a. [See Espousal, Sponsal, and Spouse.]
Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
Wordsworth.
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Spous"al, n. [See Espousal, Spouse.]
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.
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