\Spous"al\, a. [See {Espousal}, {Sponsal}, and
{Spouse}.]
Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;
matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal
ornaments. --Wordsworth.

\Spous"al\, n. [See {Espousal}, {Spouse}.]
Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the
plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita. --Dryden.

      Boweth your head under that blissful yoke . . . Which
      that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.     --Chaucer.

      the spousals of the newborn year.        --Emerson.