spousage

English

Etymology

From Old French espousaige, from espouser. See spouse (transitive verb).

Noun

spousage (usually uncountable, plural spousages)

1. (obsolete) espousal
   • 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:

     all the world shall confess his name in peace, be of her full perfect age and apt unto this spousage

References

• “spousage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.