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noun archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
noun the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
originFrom Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse. By surface analysis, espouse + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0