spousal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
spousal
    adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession";
           "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage
           vows" [syn: {bridal}, {nuptial}, {spousal}]
    2: relating to a spouse; "a fitting symbol of spousal love"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spousal \Spous"al\, n. [See {Espousal}, {Spouse}.]
   Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the
   plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. --Dryden.
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         Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . .
         Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer.
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         The spousals of the newborn year.        --Emerson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spousal \Spous"al\ (-al), a. [See {Espousal}, {Sponsal}, and
   {Spouse}.]
   Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;
   matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites;
   spousal ornaments. --Wordsworth.
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