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American Church Dictionary
• Espousal
American Tract Society
• Espousals
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Espouse
Holman Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Espoused
• Espouse
• Espousals
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Spiritual Espousals
• Espousals, Spiritual
• Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Espoused
• Espousals
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Espoused
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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• Espouser
• Espousement
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Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Espousal; Espouse
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Espousals
• Espouse
• Ring (in Espousals).
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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• Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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• כְּלולֹּת

(1):

(n.) The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.

(2):

(n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.