spousals

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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

Thyself didst bring to pass   Those spousals of a Goddess: on that day   All we Immortals feasted there, and gave   Gifts passing-fair.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Seuenthly, he despightfully abaseth our solemnizings of marriages, spousals, birth-dayes, and our customes at burials.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

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

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