Elizabeth's conflation with Gloriana is thus rendered complete) 9 Doubly supplied, in spousal and dominion.
Lords, accompany Your noble Emperor and his lovely bride, Sent by the heavens for Prince Saturnine, Whose wisdom hath her fortune conquered; There shall we consummate our spousal rites.
What woman could endure In spousal rights to have a stranger share In her enjoyments?
Such be your blameless beauties, which comply With no complexion but a native dye, Apt for a spousal hug, and, like rich ore, Admit one choice impression and no more.
This exceeds All spousal suffering, which preceding times In our Italian stories ever read, Or in their sable annals register'd.
In English history it is represented by several spousal services which have been published by the Surtees Society.
Lovers, once married, deem their bond Then perfect, scanning nought beyond For love to do but to sustain The spousal hour's delighted gain.
Great mockery, it appears to me; Poor image of the spousal bond Of Christ and Church, if loosed beyond This life!
Of spousal vows, and widow'd bed defil'd, Loud fame the beauteous Leonore revil'd.
The contrary character of those of Camoens not only gives them a delicacy unknown to other moderns, but, by the fiction of the spousal rites, the allegory and machinery of the poem are most happily conducted.
To him the furious queen for vengeance cries, Implores to vindicate his lawful prize, The Lusian sceptre, his by spousal right; The proud Castilian arms, and dares the fight.
A similar entry occurs on the marriage of Margaret, fourth daughter of the same monarch, when the King gave sixty shillings to be placed on the missal with the spousal ring.
The spousal manuals of York and Salisbury assign this practical reason for the selection of this finger: 'quia in illo digito est quaedam vena procedens usque ad cor.
The spousal rings placed on their fingers were of gold, adorned with a sapphire, and were provided at the expense of the King.
Some bards have sung, the Ladye high Chapel or altar came not nigh; Nor dust the rites of spousal grace So much she feared each holy place," &c.
So, when the sun restores the purple day, Their strength and skill the suitors shall assay; To him the spousal honour is decreed, Who through the rings directs the feather'd reed.
Stubborn the breast that with no transport glows, When twice ten years are pass'd of mighty woes; To softness lost, to spousal love unknown, The gods have formed that rigid heart of stone!
I should blame A virgin guilty of such conduct much, Myself, who reckless of her parents' will, Should so familiar with a man consort, Ere celebration of her spousal rites.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spousal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: conjugal; espousal; husbandly; marriage; married; nuptial; nuptials; wedded; wedding; wifely
