Espoused — It was customary among the Jews, for persons that married to contract before witnesses some time before. And as Christ was to be born of a pure virgin, so the wisdom of God ordered it to be of one espoused, that to prevent reproach he might have a reputed father, according to the flesh.
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Luke 1:27
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.