'Desponsation' definitions:
Definition of 'Desponsation'
From: GCIDE
- Desponsation \Des`pon*sa"tion\, n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]