spousals
Example Sentences
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Louder swelled that strain; And still the Bride of God, that church late dark, Glad of her saintly spousals, laughed and shone In radiance ever freshening.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
No, no—no spousals for me: let John Cross and the bride be ready or not, there shall be a party wanting to that contract!
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
What deed of outrage, Phoebus, hast thou done This day, forgetful of that day whereon To godlike Peleus' spousals gathered all The Immortals?
From The Fall of Troy by Arthur Sanders Way
Let dull Octavia Survive, to mourn him dead: My nobler fate Shall knit our spousals with a tie, too strong For Roman laws to break.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
Down from God all new descending Thee our joyful eyes behold, Like a bride adorned for spousals, Decked with radiant wealth untold; All thy streets and walls are fashioned, All are bright with purest gold!
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
