espousal

  • 21espousal — UK [ɪˈspaʊz(ə)l] / US noun [uncountable] formal support for an idea, principle, or belief …

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  • 22espousal — es•pous•al [[t]ɪˈspaʊ zəl, səl[/t]] n. 1) adoption or advocacy, as of a cause or principle 2) Sometimes, espousals a) a marriage ceremony b) an engagement or betrothal celebration • Etymology: 1275–1325; < OF espousailles < L spōnsālia,… …

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  • 23espousal — /əsˈpaʊzəl/ (say uhs powzuhl) noun 1. adoption or advocacy, as of a cause or principle. 2. (sometimes plural) a marriage (or sometimes an engagement) ceremony. {Middle English espousaile, from Old French, from Latin spōnsālia, neuter plural of… …

  • 24espousal — n. 1 (foll. by of) the espousing of a cause etc. 2 archaic a marriage or betrothal. Etymology: ME f. OF espousailles f. L sponsalia neut. pl. of sponsalis (as ESPOUSE) …

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  • 25active espousal — index advocacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26Joseph Chamberlain — The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain Leader of the Opposition …

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  • 27Diplomatic protection — In international law, diplomatic protection (or diplomatic espousal) is a means for a State to take diplomatic and other action against another State on behalf of its national whose rights and interests have been injured by the other State.… …

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  • 28marriage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Legal union Nouns 1. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union; intermarriage, nuptial tie, married state, bed and board, cohabitation, POSSLQ (person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters), wedded… …

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  • 29μνηστεύσει — μνήστευσις espousal fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) μνηστεύσεϊ , μνήστευσις espousal fem dat sg (epic) μνήστευσις espousal fem dat sg (attic ionic) μνηστεύω court aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) μνηστεύω court fut ind mid 2nd sg μνηστεύω court fut… …

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  • 30Spousal — 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.… …

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