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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to a wedding;
- Example: "bridal procession"
- Example: "nuptial day"
- Example: "spousal rites"
- Example: "wedding cake"
- Example: "marriage vows"
[syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal]

2. relating to a spouse;
- Example: "a fitting symbol of spousal love"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spousal \Spous"al\ (-al), a. [See Espousal, Sponsal, and
   Spouse.]
   Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;
   matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as, spousal rites;
   spousal ornaments. --Wordsworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spousal \Spous"al\, n. [See Espousal, Spouse.]
   Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the
   plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. --Dryden.
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         Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . .
         Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer.
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         The spousals of the newborn year.        --Emerson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spousal
    adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession";
           "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage
           vows" [syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal]
    2: relating to a spouse; "a fitting symbol of spousal love"