desponsation
Des`pon*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] Defn: A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.
Des`pon*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] Defn: A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.