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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Spousal

/(-al)/ · Spous·al · IPA /ˈspaʊzəl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
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    Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
02 n. Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
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    Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
    “Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.” Chaucer.
    “The spousals of the newborn year.” Emerson.