单词 | sponsal |
释义 | sponsaladj. Of or pertaining to marriage; spousal; wedded, wedding.In Bailey, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] bridelyOE spousal?a1450 nuptial1490 espousal1583 sponsal1656 sponsalitious1656 internuptial1834 gamic1837 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sponsal, belonging to betrothing or mariage. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 197/1 A vase, executed for her majesty, as a sponsal present by her. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti ii. 595 O maidens fair, Choose not a sponsal day. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti iv. 1097 Tithonia thrice must leave the sponsal bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1656 |
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