Espousal Definition

ĭ-spouzəl, -səl
noun
A betrothal or betrothal ceremony.
Webster's New World
A marriage or wedding.
Webster's New World
An espousing (of some cause, idea, etc.); advocacy.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Espousal

Noun

Singular:
espousal
Plural:
espousals

Origin of Espousal

  • Middle English espousaille from sing. of Old French espousailles betrothal from Latin spōnsālia from neuter pl. of spōnsālis of a betrothal from spōnsus spouse spouse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse.

    From Wiktionary

Espousal Sentence Examples

  • He compelled attention by his strenuous activity, his passionate espousal of causes, and his enthusiasm for a constructive measure.

  • Perhaps his impressions were too gloomy; his whole enthusiasm had been for the Corsicans, who still maintained an unequal struggle against the French; he deeply resented his father's espousal of the French cause; and dislike of the conquerors of his native island made him morose and solitary.

  • He served as an engineer successively in the departments of Vendee, Drome and Ille-et-Villaine; but his espousal of the cause of the Bourbons in 1814 occasioned, on Napoleon's reaccession to power, the loss of his appointment.

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