spousals

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Unlike what he bore me, he said, indeed,   That was not true which he for her displayed;   But so pretending love, he hoped to speed,   And celebrate due spousals with the maid.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart

Let dull Octavia   Survive, to mourn him dead: My nobler fate   Shall knit our spousals with a tie, too strong   For Roman laws to break.

From All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by Dryden, John

He maketh revels and feasts and spousals, and giveth many good gifts to friends and guests, and comforteth and gladdeth his guests with songs and pipes and other minstrelsy of music.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

This can only be explained by the rules current at the time regarding spousals.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred

No, no—no spousals for me: let John Cross and the bride be ready or not, there shall be a party wanting to that contract!

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore