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adoption or advocacy, as of a cause or principle.
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Word Origin & History
espousal
late 14c., from O.Fr. espousailles (pl.) "act of betrothal," from L. sponsalia, neut. pl. of sponsalis "of a betrothal," from sponsa "spouse." For the -e- see especially.
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