desponsation

desponsation
(dè-spon-sa-sion) s. f.
Mot anciennement employé pour exprimer les fiançailles de la sainte Vierge.
   Lat. desponsatio, de despondere, promettre, fiancer, de de, et spondere, sponsus (voy. époux).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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  • Desponsation — Des pon*sa tion, n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • desponsation — noun A betrothing; betrothal …   Wiktionary

  • desponsation — /dasponseyshan/ The act of betrothing persons to each other …   Black's law dictionary

  • desponsation — /dasponseyshan/ The act of betrothing persons to each other …   Black's law dictionary

  • desponsation — A betrothal …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • desponsation — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Desponsātus — u. Desponsāta (lat.), Verlobter u. Verlobte; Desponsatĭon, Eheverlöbniß, Verlobung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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