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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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The spousals of the newborn year. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
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"