Desponsation
Des`pon*sa"tion\, n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. --Jer. Taylor.| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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