Obs. Also 6 esposage. See SPOUSAGE. [a. OF. esposage, espousage, f. esposer, espouser to ESPOUSE.] a. The action of espousing or betrothing. b. The condition of being espoused or married, spousehood, wedlock.
1549. Latimer, 1st Serm. bef. Edw. VI. (Arb.), 34. To … leade hys life in pure and chaste esposage.
1599. R. Greenham, Wks., 288. There was a solemne promise to bee made of the parties that should be maried before they were to be ioyned in mariage, and that was called their espousage.
