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▪ I. spousal, n.|ˈspaʊzəl|
Forms: α. 4 spusail(e, -eil, spusseayl; sposayle, -eyl, -eil, 4–5 -ail(e; spousaile, 4–6 -ayl(e, 4–7 -ail; 4–5 spousaille, 5 -ayll(e; 4–5 spowsail(e, -ayle, etc. β. 5 spousel(le, pl. spouselx, 5– 6 spousale, 5– spousal, 6–7 spousall.
[ad. OF. espus-, espos-, espousaille (freq. in pl.): see espousal.]
†1. The condition of being espoused or married; the married state; wedlock. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 13710 Þis womman þe band has broken of hir sposail. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints x. (Matthew) 333 For gud spousale is plesand thinge to god. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 115 Boweth youre nekke vnder the blisful yok Of soueraynetee..Which þat men clepeth spousaille or wedlok. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 31 Thou seist thou haddist in yong age wantonnesse, Therfore in olde age the nedithe have trewe spousaille. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 75 Whose emptie place the mightie Oberon Doubly supplide, in spousall, and dominion.
fig.c1450Myrr. our Ladye 138 That speketh of the spousayle that ys betwene oure lorde Iesu cryste and holy chyrche. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 390 So be there 'twixt your Kingdomes such a Spousall, That neuer may ill Office or fell Iealousie..Thrust in betweene the Pa[c]tion of these Kingdomes.
Comb.1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie (1877) 280 One spousall-lothing, one her honour louing.
†b. In vbl. phrases, as to break spousal or spill spousal, to be unfaithful to the marriage vow, to commit adultery; to hold spousal, to keep the marriage vow.
a1300Cursor M. 28486 Mi spuseil haf i broken rife, And ledd þe wers my spused wife. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1622 Grete mede he getyþ with-oute fayle Þat wele wyl holde hys spousayle. c1400Destr. Troy 12736 Whille he faryn was to fight in a fer lond, Sho spilt hade hir spousaile. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas ii. v. (MS. Bodl. 263), How trewe spousaile..In your cite was broke.
2. The action of espousing or marrying; the celebration of a marriage or betrothal; an instance or occasion of this. Now arch.
a1300Cursor M. 10781 Thoru þe spusail þat was mad þar Was mani broght to ioi fra care. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 308 As þe courte of Rome had ordeynd þat spousale, Right opon þat dome he weddid hir sanzfaile. 1390Gower Conf. i. 181 Envie tho began travaile In destourbance of this spousaile. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 51 And yf þe knot be now undo Of oure spousayle. 1458Paston Lett. I. 425 The seyd Kyng ys decesed wythynne thys vj. wekes, or the spouselle was made. 1544tr. Littleton's Tenures 85 Where..after the spousayle he hath yssue by the same woman a sonne. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 23 My hoped day of spousall shone. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 519 Till the amorous Bird of Night Sung Spousal, and bid haste the Evning Starr. 1833Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound Poems 1850 I. 169 Why lengthen out thy maiden hours, when fate Permits the noblest spousal in the world? 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxiv. 158 Hadst not a will with spousal an honour'd wife to receive me?
b. Freq. in pl. spousals.
a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 61 Ȝif matrimonie or sposailes weren forth lad in assise. 1390Gower Conf. III. 308 Now have I told of the spousailes. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 40 Al that wedlock askethe and spowsayles, Al was redy to pleasaunt apparailes. 1492Rolls of Parlt. VI. 450/1 After the Spouselx betwene him and the said Anne. 1531Elyot Gov. ii. xii, Not withstandyng any ceremonye doone at the time of the spousayles, the mariage..is not confirmed, vntyll at nyght. 1590Swinburne Testaments 48 Al the goods and cattels personal that the wife had at the time of the spousals, or celebration of the mariage. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 649 You may feast with them at their spousals, and againe, after a view of their liues, at their funerals. 1669Dryden Tyrannic Love v. i, Ethereal music did her death prepare, Like joyful sounds of spousals in the air. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes iii. v. 9 Could they to foreign spousals meanly yield, Whom Crassus led with honor to the field? 1805Southey Madoc ii. 94 Four maids, the loveliest of the land, are given In spousals. 1832Lytton Eugene A. ii. i, By the end of the ensuing month it was agreed that the spousals of the lovers should be held. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiii. 279 With the morrow the Church blessed the spousals.
fig.1857Emerson Poems 48 Knowing well to celebrate..The spousals of the new-born year.
†c. Performance of the marriage ceremony. Obs.
a1450Myrc Par. Pr. 532 Þe .vij. sacramentes of holy chyrche,..Ordere of prest, and spousayle, And þe laste elynge.
†3. A wedding gift or present; a dowry. Obs.
1382Wyclif 1 Kings xviii. 25 The kyng nedith no sposeilis [L. sponsalia], but oonli an hundrid tersis of Philisteis. 14..Sir Beues 4277 (M.), Vnto sir Myles was she wed. The kyng gaue Myles in spousayll The Erle-dome of Cornwayll.
▪ II. spousal, a.|ˈspaʊzəl|
Also 6 Sc. -ale, 6–7 -all.
[attrib. use of prec., or ad. L. sponsāl-is by assimilation to this.]
1. Of, pertaining or relating to, espousal or marriage; nuptial, matrimonial.
1513Douglas æneid vii. x. 39 Lat thaim begyne Sik wedlok to contrak and spousale feyst. 1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 12 The spousall words be In signum veri perpetuique Domini. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1097/2 When I was wedded to the realme..(the spousall ring whereof I haue on my finger). 1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 337 There shall we Consummate our Spousall rites. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. iii. (1636) 28 Concerning cases spousal and matrimonial. 1647Trapp Comm. Rev. ii. 4 That spousall-love that God so well remembreth. 1671Milton Samson 387 Spousal embraces, vitiated with Gold. 1725Pope Odyss. vi. 31 Thy spousal ornament neglected lies. 1726Ibid. xviii. 334 Till Hymen lights the torch of spousal love. 1821Southey Exped. Orsua 60 A large robe of rich silk..was given her as the spousal present. 1877Bryant Sella 318 There already stood The priest prepared to say the spousal rite. 1888Doughty Arabia Deserta I. 471 The spousal money that the Moor had given to..her half-brother.
2. Of a hymn, poem, etc.: Celebrating or commemorating an espousal or marriage.
1596Spenser (title), Prothalamion, or a Spousall Verse made..in Honour of the Double marriage of..the Ladie Elizabeth and the Ladie Katherine Somerset. a1599― F.Q. vii. vii. 12 Where Phœbus self,..They say, did sing the spousall hymne full cleere. 1761J. Scott (title), A Spousal Hymn, or an Address to His Majesty on his Marriage. [1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 476 A spousal hymn on the double marriage of two ladies.]
Hence ˈspousally adv., by espousal or marriage; in the manner of a spouse; as a spouse. rare.
1501in Antiq. Rep. (1808) II. 255 They now were in their either other presens spousally ensured. 1898Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 48 Not deigning spousally entreat, But harsh. |