Epithalamia

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

  Epithalamium \Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. {Epithalamiums}, L.
     {Epithalamia}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi`
     upon, at + ? bride chamber.]
     A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
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           The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
           sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epithalamia
       See {epithalamion}