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espousal
(encz) | espousal,hájení n: Zdeněk Brož |
espousal
(encz) | espousal,zásnuby Zdeněk Brož |
Espousal
(gcide) | Espousal \Es*pous"al\, n. [OF. espousailles, pl., F.
['e]pousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to
betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal,
Spousal.]
1. The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the
plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of
marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.
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2. The uniting or allying one's self with anything;
maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.
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The open espousal of his cause. --Lord Orford.
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espousal
(wn) | espousal
n 1: archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast [syn:
bridal, espousal]
2: the act of becoming betrothed or engaged [syn: betrothal,
espousal]
3: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its
adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
[syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal] |
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Espousal
(gcide) | Espousal \Es*pous"al\, n. [OF. espousailles, pl., F.
['e]pousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to
betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal,
Spousal.]
1. The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the
plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of
marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.
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2. The uniting or allying one's self with anything;
maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.
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The open espousal of his cause. --Lord Orford.
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ESPOUSALS
(bouvier) | ESPOUSALS, contracts. A mutual promise between a man and a woman to marry
each other, at some other time: it differs from a marriage, because then the
contract is completed. Wood's Inst. 57; vide Dig. 23, 1, 1; Code, 5, 1, 4;
Novel, 115, c. 3, s. 11; Ayliffe's Parerg. 245 Aso & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 6,
c. 1, Sec. 1.
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