Meaning of Espousal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A betrothal.
   countable, uncountable
2. A wedding ceremony.
   countable, uncountable
3. Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So he pressed her again and again with advice on the matter of espousals; but she ever opposed to him refusals, till at last she turned upon him angrily and cried, "O my father, if thou name matrimony to me once more, I will go into my chamber and take a sword, and, fixing its hilt on the ground, will set its point to my waist; then I will press upon it, till it come forth from my back, and so slay myself."”

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