spousal

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Pronunciation

• (British, Canada) IPA: /ˈspaʊzəl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈspaʊzəl/, /ˈspaʊsəl/

Adjective

spousal

1. of or relating to marriage
2. of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

     There we shall consummate our spousal rites.

Noun

spousal (plural spousals)

1. (obsolete, chiefly, in the plural) marriage; nuptials; espousal

   • The spousals of Hippolita.

   • Boweth your head under that blissful yoke […] Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.

   • The spousals of the newborn year.

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