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spousaln. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French spousaille, espousaille. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sposale, spousaille, spusaille, aphetic variant of esposal, esposale, Anglo-Norman and Old French esposaille, espusaille, Anglo-Norman and Middle French espousaille espousal n. (frequently in plural; compare the Romance parallels cited at that entry).In sense 3 after classical Latin sponsālia (see espousal n.) in its post-classical Latin sense ‘wedding present, dowry’ (Vulgate). 1. a. The action of marrying someone, or of contracting to do so; the performance of a ceremony of marriage or (esp.) betrothal. Now chiefly historical. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [noun] society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > performance of a1325 Statutes of Realm in f. 61 Ȝif matrimonie ore sposailes weren forth lad in assise. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. l. 975 Now have I told of the spousailes. c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell (1840) 40 Al that wedlok askethe and spowsayles, Al was redy to plesaunt apparailes. 1491–2 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1491 §9. m. 5 Aftir thespouselx betwene him and the seid Anne. 1531 T. Elyot ii. xii. sig. Tiv Natwithstandynge any ceremony done at the tyme of the spousayles, the mariage..is nat confirmed, vntyll at night. 1590 H. Swinburne ii. f. 48 Al the goods and cattels personal that the wife had at the time of the spousals, or celebration of the mariage. 1613 S. Purchas 649 You may feast with them at their spousals, and againe, after a view of their liues, at their funerals. 1670 J. Dryden v. i. 58 Ætherial musick did her death prepare; Like joyful sounds of Spousals in the Air. 1714 J. Hughes tr. Claudian i. 2 The darksome Spousals of the ravish'd Fair, My growing Verse adventures to declare. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace II. iii. v. 9 Could they to foreign spousals meanly yield, Whom Crassus led with honor to the field? 1805 R. Southey ii. ii. 198 Four maids, the loveliest of the land, are given In spousals. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. ii. i. 224 By the end of the ensuing month it was agreed that the spousals of the lovers should be held. 1890 15 May 5/2 (headline) A senator's spousals. 1982 97 329/1 This play [sc. Romeo and Juliet]..ends with..the fathers participating in a futile attempt to validate the spousals retroactively. 2007 R. O'Day iii. 42 The eleventh-century church declared polygamy unlawful and insisted on betrothal (or spousals) and wedding. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [noun] c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 3176 (MED) Þe spusaile don hit is Wiþ merþe in þat toun. c1330 Lai le Freine in (1929) 10 iii. 10 (MED) Þe bischop of þe lond..com to do þe spusseayl. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) ii. l. 641 Envie, tho began travaile In destourbance of this spousaile. 1447 O. Bokenham (Arun.) (1938) l. 1747 And yf ye knot be now vn-do Of oure spousayle. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Claud.) (1974) l. 532 Þe vij sacramentes of holy chyrche..Ordere of prest, and spousayle, And þe laste elynge. 1458 W. Worcester in (2004) II. 532 The seyd Kyng ys decesed wythynne thys vj wekes, or the spousell was made. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton (new ed.) f. xxxiiii Where..after the spousayle he hathe yssue by the same woman a sonne. 1590 E. Spenser i. ii. sig. B6 My hoped day of spousall shone. 1667 J. Milton viii. 519 Till the amorous Bird of Night Sung Spousal, and bid haste the Eevning Starr. View more context for this quotation a1731 R. Hawes (1798) v. 61 They were within the Degrees of Marriage..for which cause he forbad the spousal. 1835 June 313/1 The day appointed for the spousal of a pair so totally mismatched. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxiv. 158 Hadst not a will with spousal an honour'd wife to receive me? 1910 E. Mason tr. Palfrey in 226 He awaited..the fair and pleasant tidings his uncle must presently send him, to hasten to the spousal of his bride. 1950 1 215 If the union was consummated after the spousal but before the marriage ceremony, the offenders laid themselves open to punishment by the church. 2014 L. H. Newcomb in M. R. Wade iii. 181 Under common law neither type of spousal required witnesses, although most couples sought them as a safeguard. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > commit fornication, adultery, or incest [verb (intransitive)] > commit adultery society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [verb (intransitive)] > keep marriage vow 1340 (1866) 235 (MED) Þe maydines..habbeþ ylete þe ulessliche sposayles uor to by mid him ate sposayles eurelestinde. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Wisd. xiv. 24 Ne lijf ne clene sposailis [L. nuptias] now þei kepen. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 1622 Grete mede he getyþ with-oute fayle Þat wele wyl holde hys spousayle. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 28486 Mi spuseil haf i broken rife, And ledd þe wers my spused wife. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 115 Boweth your nekke vnder that blisful yok Of souereyntee..Which that men clepe spousaille or wedlok. a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 1238 How trewe spousaile..In your cite was broke. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 333 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 199 For gud spousale is plesand thinge to god. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 205v Whill he faryn was to fight in a fer lond, Sho spilt hade hir spousaile. 1590 E. Spenser ii. x. sig. Y6v Whose emptie place the mightie Oberon Doubly supplide, in spousall, and dominion. 1631 J. Weever 737 Deth the knotte had vndoo Of temporal spousaile, bitwixt hem twoo. 1662 R. Brathwait 5 Th' Spousal holds not: a dispensive Power Has made his Wife his constant Paramour. 1885 M. A. Biggs tr. A. Mickiewicz II. xi. 210 She wore a garland on her head, in sign Of spousal. the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > union of man with the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining 1340 (1866) 235 (MED) Þe maydines..habbeþ ylete þe ulessliche sposayles uor to by mid him ate sposayles eurelestinde. ?a1425 (a1415) (Harl.) (1917) 130 (MED) Crist tooke hem to his mariage; wiþ þe ryng of stedfast feiþ he sacrid þis holi spousaile. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 138 That speketh of the spousayle that ys betwene oure lorde Iesu cryste and holy chyrche. 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius xlix. f. clxxxiiiiv She receyueth no dowry for the spousels of tholy ghost the handfaster but renneth a horing after straunge goddes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 357 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. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton 9 The Song of Songs..is generally beleev'd, even in the jolliest expressions to figure the spousals of the Church with Christ. 1812 G. Crabbe 71 All my care is now to fit my mind For other spousal. 1867 R. W. Emerson 17 Knowing well to celebrate..The spousals of the new-born year. 1895 A. Symons 88 The mystic spousal that shall be Betwixt your Lord and you. 1903 26 Dec. 12/2 The Christmas feast is the feast of the spousals of Man and Nature. 1911 July 81/1 The experiences of St. Teresa confirm those of St. Catherine in suggesting that to these passionate souls their mystic spousals were a satisfaction of their whole nature. 2001 L. E. Semler Introd. 37 Benlowes..calls for the reader to self-apply with particularity his paradigm of Christian spousal to God. the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > wedding gift society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > gift a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xviii. 25 Þe kyng nedith not sposailes [L. sponsalia] but oneli an hundrid prepucies of philisteis. a1500 (?c1300) (Chetham) l. 4277 Vnto sir Myles was she wed. The kyng gaue Myles in spousayll The Erle-dome of Cornwayll. Compounds1621 R. Brathwait Omphale in 232 One spousall-lothing, one her honour louing. 1694 N. H. 332/1 It was an ancient Custom among the Greeks, that the Father, the day after the Solemnization of the Marriage, sent to the Bride for some Spousal-Offerings. 1854 W. B. Turnbull tr. J. M. V. Audin II. xxxiv. 438 The spousal-ring belongs to a rich private individual at Leipsic. 1896 A. S. Way tr. Euripides Helen in tr. Euripides II. 333 Homeward speed again with this my wife, That, having shared with me her spousal-feast, Thou may'st fare home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spousaladj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: spouse n., -al suffix1; spousal n. Etymology: Partly < spouse n. + -al suffix1, and partly < spousal n. Compare later espousal adj. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] ?a1450 in C. von Nolcken (1979) 103 Gode zele is somtyme ytake for spousale luffyng. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vii. x. 39 Lat thaim begyne Sik wedlok to contrak and spousale feyst. 1517 R. Torkington (1884) 12 The spousall words be In signum veri perpetuique Domini. 1577 R. Holinshed II. 1728/1 When I was wedded to the Realme..(the spousall ring whereof I haue on my finger). 1594 W. Shakespeare i. i. 334 There shall wee consummate our spousall rites. View more context for this quotation 1635 E. Pagitt (1636) iii. 28 Concerning cases spousal and matrimonial. 1647 J. Trapp (Rev. ii. 4) That spousall-love that God so well remembreth. 1671 J. Milton 389 Spousal embraces, vitiated with Gold. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer II. vi. 31 Thy spousal ornament neglected lies. 1749 G. West tr. Apollonius Rhodius in 271 I..led Your dower'd Sister to my spousal Bed. 1821 R. Southey 60 A large robe of rich silk..was given her as the spousal present. 1877 W. C. Bryant 318 There already stood The priest prepared to say the spousal rite. 1904 30 Oct. 6/5 A guarantee that their wives would not go to law afterward to get back the spousal losses. 1945 58 961 Spousal life is not likely to be lovely if either spouse directs longing thoughts and desires elsewhere. 1976 10 Aug. c1/4 Some 7,500 to 10,000 cases of spousal abuse are reported annually in the District. 1993 Apr. 26/2 Two years ago, the retail chain extended spousal benefits to its gay and lesbian employees. 2001 M. Suri (2002) vii. 140 Was he shirking his spousal duty? Should he be confiding in her? society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [adjective] > celebrating wedding (of song) 1596 E. Spenser (title) Prothalamion, or a spousall verse made..in honour of the double marriage of..the Ladie Elizabeth and the Ladie Katherine Somerset. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xii, in (1609) sig. Ii Where Phœbus self,..They say did sing the spousall hymne full cleere. 1761 J. Scott (title) A Spousal Hymn, or an Address to His Majesty on his Marriage. 1899 H. A. Beers iii. 87 Cambridge's spousal verses were in a ten-lined stanza. 1941 41 102/2 The spousal songs of Isis..were by no means only mournful. 1985 M. F. Schulz xii. 241 The poem presents two spousal songs. Compounds 1974 (U. S. Senate, 93rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 449 As far as we are aware, no state law presently considers intra-spousal rape to be an act of violence.] 1975 M. E. Miller 41/1 The inherent difficulty in creating sanctions against spousal rape is the recognition of the right of privacy in sexual matters in an on-going marriage. 1978 30 Dec. 23/2 The flaw in Oregon's law is that..it defines a ‘spousal rape’ as one committed by the husband against the wife, and not vice versa. 1994 19 1051 Opposition to claims of date rape, spousal rape, and rape experienced by sex workers demonstrates the poverty of existing discourses for creating links among sex, violence, and power. 2004 (Nexis) 26 Sept. vii. 9 Spousal rape used to be a contradiction in terms; now it's a crime. Derivatives society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adverb] ?c1525 (a1503) (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) i. 7 They here now were in their either othre presens spousally ensured. 1816 June 439/2 Over the bust or statue of the defunct were placed the particular insignia of his house, impaled with those to whom he was spousally allied. 1963 12 583 Its economic content must be..protected from spousally-caused unjustified diminution. 1996 M. A. Lieberman in V. L. Bengtson vii. 149 Beyond grieving and loss of the partner, the spousally bereaved are faced with a set of challenges and alternative paths. 2015 C. Burke vi. 157 They [sc. Adam and Eve] were still, we might say, in a period of courtship, in the process of getting to know each other spousally. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1325 adj.?a1450 |
