Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spousal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spousal \Spous"al\, a. [See {Espousal}, {Sponsal}, and
{Spouse}.]
Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;
matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal
ornaments. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spousal \Spous"al\, n. [See {Espousal}, {Spouse}.]
Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the
plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. --Dryden.
Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which
that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer.
the spousals of the newborn year. --Emerson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spousal
adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial
day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"
[syn: {bridal}, {nuptial}]
2: relating to or celebrating marriage; "a fitting symbol of
spousal love"
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