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Backing unsettled Poles to take America to heart
Answer for the clue "Backing unsettled Poles to take America to heart ", 8 letters:
espousal
Alternative clues for the word espousal
- The act of becoming betrothed or engaged
- The act of accepting with approval
- Assumption that when borders cease to exist, despot must fall
- Fall back, holding onto old American support for cause
- Adoption or support
- Adoption of English as a second language involving power over America
- Adoption of a cause
Word definitions for espousal in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A betrothal. 2 A wedding ceremony. 3 adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Espousal \Es*pous"al\, n. [OF. espousailles, pl., F. ['e]pousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to betrothal or espousal. See Espouse , and cf. Sponsal , Spousal .] The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; ...
Usage examples of espousal.
Since, therefore, by her Espousals this miracle would be less evident, it seems that it was unfitting that Christ should be born of an espoused virgin.
It was as if they themselves had decided with their parents that the hour for the espousals had struck, and that regret for their loss ought no longer to bar the joy of growth and increase.
By that much, Gately and the Soviet espousal of fervent gentlemanliness in pursuit of the Balanced Peace might have conspired to put the spritely little Georgian in more certain danger.
There had been that time, close to Robinton's espousal to Kasia, when Melongel had wondered if the drum messages, purported to be sent by Faroguy, had really originated with the old Lord.