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

The Erinyes and the ruthless Fates,   For Helen's spousals madly wroth, through Troy   Dart on wild wings.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

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)

This can only be explained by the rules current at the time regarding spousals.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred

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 Way, Arthur Sanders