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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud,
     burd, AS. br[=y]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D.
     bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r,
     Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; cf. Armor. pried
     spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
     1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.


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              Has by his own experience tried
              How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
                                                    --Lyttleton.
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              I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev.
                                                    xxi. 9.
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     2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
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     {Bride of the sea}, the city of Venice.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bride \Bride\, v. t.
     To make a bride of. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bride
       n 1: a woman who has recently been married
       2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: {Bridget},
           {Saint Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {Saint Brigid},
           {St. Brigid}, {Saint Bride}, {St. Bride}]
       3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bride
     frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.).
     The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under
     the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29).
     The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare
     parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13).
     

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  BRIDE, n.  A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
  
  

















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