SPOUSE (O. Fr. espous, mod. epoux, es...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 736
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SPOUSE (O. Fr. espous, mod. epoux, espouse, epouse, Lat. sponsus, sponsa, a betrothed or promised man or woman, from spondere, to promise)
, a husband or wife, properly one promised or betrothed to another in marriage
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End of Article: SPOUSE (O. Fr. espous, mod. epoux, espouse, epouse, Lat. sponsus, sponsa, a betrothed or promised man or woman, from spondere, to promise)
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