| 单词 |
desponsories |
| 释义 |
† deˈsponsories, n. pl. Obs.
Also 7 desponsorios, desposories.
[ad. Sp. desposorios espousal, betrothal, f. desposar to affiance:—L. dēsponsāre (after which the word is modified in English). Chiefly used in relation to the proposed Spanish marriage of Charles I.]
1. Betrothal, or a ceremony in celebration of it.
c1645Howell Lett. I. iii. xxii, The eighth of..September is appointed to be the day of Desponsories, the day of affiance, or the betrothing day. 1659Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 105 The delay of the Desponsorio's will grieve the Princess.
2. A document formally declaring a betrothal.
1626in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 253 The Prince..left the powers of the Desponsories with the Earl of Bristol, to be delivered upon the return of the Dispensation from Rome, which the King of Spain insisted upon. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1702) I. 30 The Prince having left the Desponsorios in the hands of the Earl of Bristol. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 155 Mr. Edward Clerke, who was sent..to the Earl of Bristol, to stop the powers he had for the dispatch of the expected desposories. |
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