Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A betrothal.
- noun A wedding ceremony.
- noun Adoption of an idea or a cause.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of espousing or betrothing; formal contract or celebration of marriage: frequently used in the plural.
- noun Assumption of the protection or defense of anything; advocacy; a taking upon one's self; adoption as by wedding.
- Relating to the act of espousing or betrothing; marriage (used adjectively).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.
- noun The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
betrothal . - noun A
wedding ceremony . - noun
Adoption of aplan ,cause , oridea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- noun archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
- noun the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What would one call the espousal of "gay marriages" and abortion rights?
magic-city-news.com 2009
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What would one call the espousal of "gay marriages" and abortion rights?
magic-city-news.com 2009
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The espousal was a ceremony of betrothing, a formal agreement between the parties then coming under obligation for the purpose of marriage.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Of course, if the Assembly preferred, it could opt for the more familiar terminology, rather than the newer term "espousal," so long as the definition chosen ensures equality in name and in substance.
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The BJP's tough line against terrorism, its commitment to a strong defense and its espousal of pride in India's Hindu culture are all within the bounds of a responsible Indian conservatism.
India's Conservative Vacuum Sadanand Dhume 2011
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The BJP's tough line against terrorism, its commitment to a strong defense, and its espousal of pride in India's Hindu culture are all within the bounds of a responsible Indian conservatism.
India's Conservative Vacuum Sadanand Dhume 2011
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February 21st, 2009 at 12: 19 pm mr. yglesias, your espousal of mcdonalds does a disservice to the children who may peruse the content of your web journal, and so be further inclined toward consumption of unsalubrious items! best,
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But a younger generation of Cuban-Americans is less fixated by Castro and his espousal of communism during the cold war.
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Eventually, and one can speculate that because of Marxist ideologies, Germany and the Soviet Union provided espousal, the latter worried about a Japanese invasion of Siberia.
A rainy day in Shanghai Neil McCarthy 2012
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Strauss maintained that all philosophers throughout history had hidden an esoteric message because (1) they feared persecution and (2) they believed an open espousal of nihilistic atheism (which Strauss considered philosophically true) would undermine the moral foundations of social life.
Matthew Yglesias » Accounting Identities and Straussian Economics 2009
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