Nuptials

3 definitions found

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

  Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. {Nuptials} (n[u^]p"shalz).
     Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the
     plural.
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           Celebration of that nuptial, which


           We two have sworn shall come.            --Shak.
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           Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials.
                                                    --Prescott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nuptials
       n : the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is
           performed [syn: {wedding}, {wedding ceremony}, {hymeneals}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuptials":
     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