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† eˈspousage Obs.
Also 6 esposage. See spousage.
[a. OF. esposage, espousage, f. esposer, espouser to espouse.]
a. The action of espousing or betrothing.
b. The condition of being espoused or married, spousehood, wedlock.
1549Latimer 1st Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 34 To..leade hys life in pure and chaste esposage. 1599R. Greenham Wks. 288 There was a solemne promise to bee made of the parties that should be maried before they were to be ioyned in mariage, and that was called their espousage. |