espousement
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Espousement — Es*pouse ment, n. [Cf. OF. espousement.] The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
espousement — † eˈspousement Obs. 0 [a. OF. espousement, f. espouser to espouse.] The action of espousing or marrying; espousal, marriage. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts … Useful english dictionary
marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… … Law dictionary
matrimony — I noun alliance, cohabitation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, espousal, espousement, joining, marriage, marriage tie, married life, married state, married status, match, mating, matrimonium, nuptial bond, nuptial state, nuptial tie,… … Law dictionary
banns — Synonyms and related words: Gretna Green wedding, affiance, banns of matrimony, betrothal, betrothment, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, elopement, engagement, epithalamium, espousal,… … Moby Thesaurus
civil ceremony — Synonyms and related words: Gretna Green wedding, banns, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil wedding, elopement, epithalamium, espousals, espousement, forced marriage, honeymoon, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites,… … Moby Thesaurus
elopement — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Gretna Green wedding, absence without leave, absquatulation, banns, bolt, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, decampment, desertion,… … Moby Thesaurus
espousal — Synonyms and related words: Gretna Green wedding, acceptance, adoption, advocacy, affiance, affiliation, aid, approval, banns, banns of matrimony, betrothal, betrothing, betrothment, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding,… … Moby Thesaurus
honeymoon — Synonyms and related words: Gretna Green wedding, banns, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, elopement, epithalamium, espousals, espousement, forced marriage, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites … Moby Thesaurus
hymen — Synonyms and related words: Gretna Green wedding, allantoic membrane, amnion, amniotic sac, arachnoid membrane, banns, basement membrane, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, conjuctiva,… … Moby Thesaurus
