nuptials

nuptials
Synonyms and related words:
Gretna Green wedding, banns, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, elopement, epithalamium, espousals, espousement, forced marriage, honeymoon, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites, marriage, nuptial apartment, nuptial mass, nuptial song, prothalamium, saffron veil, shotgun wedding, spousal, spousals, wedding, wedding canopy, wedding song, wedding veil

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  • nuptials — (n.) marriage, wedding, 1550s, plural of NUPTIAL (Cf. nuptial) …   Etymology dictionary

  • nuptials — [n] marriage ceremony bridal, espousal, marriage, matrimony, spousal, wedding; concept 297 Ant. divorce …   New thesaurus

  • Nuptials — Nuptial Nup tial, n.; pl. {Nuptials} (n[u^]p shalz). Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; now only in the plural. [1913 Webster] Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Shak. [1913 Webster] Preparations . . . for the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nuptials — n. to officiate at, perform (the) nuptials * * * [ nʌpʃ(ə)lz] perform (the) nuptials to officiate at …   Combinatory dictionary

  • nuptials — See marriage. See marriage, nuptials, wedding …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • nuptials — plural noun we attended the young duke s nuptials Syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, marriage, union; archaic espousal …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • nuptials — noun wedding ceremony Syn: wedding …   Wiktionary

  • nuptials — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wedding, matrimony, marriage ceremony; see marriage 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. marriage ceremony, marriage, wedding, matrimony, espousal …   English dictionary for students

  • nuptials — nup|tials [ˈnʌpʃəlz] n [plural] formal a wedding …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nuptials — nup|tials [ nʌpʃəlz ] noun plural MAINLY LITERARY a wedding ceremony …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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