Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableespousal
And their Espousage or Marriage to Christ doth not argue his divorce from the Gentiles
c. 1651, a letter [unclear to and from whom...]1 more example
Yea, let all estates be no less circumspect in choosing her, taking great deliberation, and then they shall not need divorcements, and such mischiefs, to the evil example and slander of our realm. And that she be such one as the king can find in his heart to love, and lead his life in pure and chaste espousage.
1549, Hugh Latimer, The First Sermon preached before King Edward
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