单词 | desponsories |
释义 | † desponsoriesn. Obsolete. 1. Betrothal, or a ceremony in celebration of it. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] truthc1300 betrothingc1315 truthingc1350 espousala1393 troth-plighta1393 desponsationa1400 troth-plightingc1400 ensurance1469 fiançailles1477 handfasting1483 assurancea1513 assuring1530 suring1530 contract1551 insurancea1556 trothing1565 despousage1570 betrothment1585 contracting1585 affiancing1596 spousage1596 espousage1599 handfasta1616 desponsories1645 hand-fastening1662 disposories1668 contraction1702 engagement1811 plightage1819 betrothal1844 heart-bond1887 introduction1965 kwanjula1973 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxii. 89 The 8. of..September, is appointed to be the day of Desposories [1650 and later eds. Desposorios], the day of affiance, or the betrothing day. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 105 The delay of the Desponsorio's will grieve the Princess. 2. A document formally declaring a betrothal. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > document desponsories1659 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 253 The Prince..left the powers of the Desponsories with the Earl of Bristol, to be delivered upon the return of the Dispensation from Rome, which the King of Spain insisted upon. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 155 Mr. Edward Clerke, who was sent..to the Earl of Bristol, to stop the powers he had for the dispatch of the expected desposories. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 30 The Prince having left the Desponsorios in the hands of the Earl of Bristol. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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