spousal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to a wedding
    nuptial; bridal.
    • bridal procession
    • nuptial day
    • spousal rites
    • wedding cake
    • marriage vows
  2. adjective relating to a spouse
    • a fitting symbol of spousal love

WordNet

Spous"al adjective
Etymology
See Espousal, Sponsal, and Spouse.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.
Spous"al noun
Etymology
See Espousal, Spouse.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913