单词 | spousage |
释义 | spousagen. Now rare. 1. The fact or state of being married; wedlock. Also occasionally figurative, esp. with reference to the idea of symbolic marriage to God or Christ. Cf. spousal n. 1b.In early use frequently with prepositions, as in in spousage, of spousage, with reference to the legitimacy of children (cf. wedlock n. 2b). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] bridelockOE yokeOE spousehooda1200 spousea1225 wedlock?c1225 wedlockhoodc1230 marriagec1300 spousal1340 matrimonya1382 espousala1393 muliera1400 spousagea1400 spouseheadc1400 weddedhooda1450 wedhooda1450 wedding1489 espousage1549 the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552 nuptial1566 bed-match1582 bob-tail1585 Hymen's banda1593 Hymen1608 married life1609 conjugality1645 marriage state1652 conjugacy1659 marriage life1662 establishment1684 shackledom1771 connubiality1836 connubialism1848 weddedness1891 bedlock1922 the tender trap1954 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3043 Þou ismael be noght of sposage [Trin. Cambr. out of spousage], Of him sal cum men kene and sauage. a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Galba) (1907) 730 Þat quest þat gan him deme Trew in sposage borne. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xliv. f. 137 (MED) Þerfore þat it miȝt come to effect of trewe spousage, he [sc. Christ] haþ swilke gracious spekynges in liknes to a wowere to a chesen soule. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 412 An vsage..Makys theym..lif in syn for hir sake, And breke thare awne spowsage. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Or how ȝe like lif to leid in to lell spousage? 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 39v Quene Iocasta..Tuik hir awin sone of spowsage in the band. 1593 J. Napier Plaine Discouery Reuelation St. Iohn ii. ixx. 225 [God] hath now vouchsafed to vnite his Sonne..in spirituall spousage with vs, his holie Church. 1610 Inverurie Burgh Court 14 Mar. Be rasone of hir former spousage with the said Normond. 1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist xiv. 44 The Bridegroom (besides the Ring) was to give the Bride other Love-Tokens, called there, Tokens of Spousage, as Gold, or Silver. 1853 Lady's Newspaper 26 Feb. 131/2 So that it would seem that the ring was originally only a token of spousage. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 7 June 32 On the subject of spousage, Dale Winton..now pops up to front The Other Half. 2015 sweatingtomordor.wordpress.com 4 Mar. (O.E.D. Archive) Nessa was Tulkas' spouse and the sister of Oromë. Maybe her spousage to Tulkas is what made Oromë so cranky. a. The action of marrying someone, or of contracting to do so; marriage or betrothal. Also figurative, esp. with reference to the idea of symbolic marriage to God or Christ. Cf. spousal n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [noun] spousingc1275 spousala1325 spousalc1330 spousage?a1400 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 153 Whan þei were trouth plight, & purueied þe sposage, Helianore forth hir dight to Rouhan hir menage. 1496 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) sig. dviv The weddyng & spousage of ye lambe. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viv Kynge Vulfer her father, at this ghostly spousage Prepared great tryumphes, and solempnyte. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxlviijv It should seme. that God with this matrimony was not content. For after this spousage the Kynges frendes fell from hym. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1594 in Shorter Poems (1967) 100 Of duke Pyrrotheus the spousage in that tyd Quhare the Centauris reft away the bryd Thare saw I. a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1599) 288 (note) The spousage or betrothing before ful mariage. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Spousage,..the contract or betrothing before full marriage. 1888 Ecclesiologist 1 June 6 Spousage of a virgin to Christ. 1912 Jewish Rev. Feb. 429 The Marriage Service has two parts in the Christian Church, espousals or spousage, and the Communion. b. With of and specifying word indicating betrothal or marriage. Obsolete. rare. 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 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 392 The King hes obteinet her haly spousage of matrimonie. 3. A spouse; spouses collectively. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vi. 109 The Goddis eik sa far dyd me invy, That in my natiue land neuer sall I spy My chaist spousage. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. x. 23 Thir venquyst cowart wightis behald and se, That dar our spousage into batale craif. 1996 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 4 Apr. (Features Mag.) c1 With three films in the theaters about husbands and wives scheming to rid themselves of excess spousage, you've got to wonder if it's coincidence or conspiracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400 |
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