spousage
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French espousaige, from espouser. See spouse (transitive verb).
Noun
editspousage (usually uncountable, plural spousages)
- (obsolete) espousal
- 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
- all the world shall confess his name in peace, be of her full perfect age and apt unto this spousage
References
edit- “spousage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.