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Thesaurus: spousal

Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
  2. n. Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
  3. adj. of or relating to a wedding
  4. adj. relating to a spouse
  5. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth. Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. Dryden. Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. Chaucer. the spousals of the newborn year. Emerson.
  6. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial;conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.
  7. j:100 a. relating to a spouse