spousals

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There reigned throughout, an order and purity, an orderly disposition, as if by way of making ready for some gracious spousals.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

I come with high spousals to grace thee,   "In me the great conqueror of conquerors see; "Enthroned in a hall fit for monarchs I'll place thee,   "And mine, thou'rt for ever, thou high-born Ladye!"

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

In one is seen the spousals of Santa Caterina, a piece so extremely infantile, that it would be difficult to find a similar example in Italy.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio

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

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