spousals

Example Sentences

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There reigned throughout, an order and purity, an orderly disposition, as if by way of making ready for some gracious spousals.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

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 De Vere, Aubrey

This marks the Churl: when spousals crown    His selfish hope, he finds the grace, Which sweet love has for ev'n the clown,    Was not in the woman, but the chace.

From Angel in the House by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

I come with high spousals to grace thee,   "In me the great conqueror of conquerors see; "Enthroned in a hall fit for monarchs I'll place thee,   "And mine, thou'rt for ever, thou high-born Ladye!"

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

The fame of this extraordinary conjunction spread all over the county; and, on the day appointed for their spousals, the church was surrounded by an inconceivable multitude.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)