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The earliest known use of the word espousal is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for espousal is from before 1393, in the writing of John Gower, poet. espousal is a borrowing from French.
- Negotiating A Match
- Mohar as Purchase and Gift
- Betrothal and The Wedding
- A New Attitude Toward Women
- An Ancient Marriage Record
- The Ketubah, Or Marriage Contract
- A Divorce Penalty
As a rule, the fathers arranged the match. The girl was consulted, but the “calling of the damsel and inquiring at her mouth” after the conclusion of all negotiations was merely a formality. In those days a father was more concerned about the marriage of his sons than about the marriage of his daughters. No expense was involved in marrying off a da...
The mohar was originally the purchase price of the bride, and it is therefore understandable why it was paid by the father of the groom to the father of the bride. In ancient days, marriage was not an agreement between two individuals, but between two families. The newly married man usually did not found a new home for himself, but occupied a nook ...
Until late in the Middle Ages, marriage consisted of two ceremonies that were marked by celebrations at two separate times, with an interval between. First came the betrothal [erusin]; and later, the wedding [nissuin]. At the betrothal the woman was legally married, although she still remained in her father’s house. She could not belong to another ...
During biblical times, even before the Babylonian exile, Jewish life evolved and changed in many ways, including the attitude toward women. Over time, women came to be regarded as endowed with personalities just as were men. Even as far back as early biblical times, we find traces of a new moral attitude towards women. For instance, although a man ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, an actual Jewish marriage record during the period of the return from the Babylonian exile was discovered — the oldest marriage contract in Jewish history. The marriage did not take place in Palestine or among the exiles in Babylon, but among the Jews of Elephantine and Aswan, at the southern border of Egypt. T...
In many points of content and form, Mibtachiah’s marriage contract resembles the version of the ketubah(wedding contract) still in vogue in modern Jewish life. In references to marriage throughout the Bible, the mohar was paid and gifts presented, but a written contract was never mentioned. However, the Book of Deuteronomyspecifically states that i...
The mohar institution was entirely transformed during late-biblical and post-biblical times. From a bridal price it finally became a lien to be paid by the husband in case of divorce, or by his heirs in case of his death. The change in the mohar institution was a direct result of changes in the material conditions of life. In the simple conditions ...
- Hayyim Schauss
Espousal is the public international law term for protection afforded by a government to its nationals3 in advocating their claims. This diplomatic protection and the privilege of enjoying advocacy by the United States Government is, however, not a matter of legal right.
Mystical marriage or spiritual marriage (also espousal to Christ) is a figure used to denote the state of a human soul living intimately united to God through grace and love.
The espousal was a ceremony of betrothing, a formal agreement between the parties then coming under obligation for the purpose of marriage. Espousals are in the East frequently contracted years before the marriage is celebrated.
In this study, Darien Shanske analyzes the difficult language and structure of Thucydides' History and argues that the text has drawn in so many readers into its distinctive world view precisely because of its kinship to the contemporary language and structure of Classical Tragedy.
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1. a. : betrothal. b. : wedding. c. : marriage. 2. : a taking up or adopting of a cause or belief. Synonyms. bridal. marriage. nuptial (s) wedding. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of espousal in a Sentence.
