elopement

elopement: Synonyms and related words:

AWOL, French leave, Gretna Green wedding, absence without leave, absquatulation, banns, bolt, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, decampment, desertion, disappearance, disappearing act, epithalamium, espousals, espousement, exit, flight, forced marriage, fugitation, hasty retreat, hegira, honeymoon, hymen, hymeneal, hymeneal rites, marriage, nuptial apartment, nuptial mass, nuptial song, nuptials, prothalamium, quick exit, running away, saffron veil, scramming, shotgun wedding, skedaddle, skedaddling, spousals, wedding, wedding canopy, wedding song, wedding veil

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Elopement — can refer to: *Elopement (dementia) *Elopement (marriage) … Wikipedia
Elopement — E*lope ment, n. The act of eloping; secret departure; said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elopement — 1540s, from ELOPE (Cf. elope) + MENT (Cf. ment). (The word was in Anglo French in 14c.) … Etymology dictionary
elopement — elope ► VERB ▪ run away secretly in order to get married. DERIVATIVES elopement noun. ORIGIN Old French aloper … English terms dictionary
Elopement (marriage) — To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. [Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/elope] More specifically, elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion,… … Wikipedia
elopement — noun see elope … New Collegiate Dictionary
elopement — See elope. * * * … Universalium
elopement — noun The act of eloping … Wiktionary
elopement — e lopeÂ·ment || mÉ™nt n. act of secretly running away for the purpose of being married … English contemporary dictionary
elopement — elope·ment … English syllables

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