Espousal

(n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

(n.) The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.

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• But his heart was heavy, that Mother had NOT crowned him in the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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