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Marriage song
Answer for the clue "Marriage song ", 8 letters:
hymeneal
Word definitions for hymeneal in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to marriage. 2 (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to the hymen. n. A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hymeneal \Hy`me*ne"al\, Hymenean \Hy`me*ne"an\, a. [L. hymeneius, a., also Hymenaeus, n., Hymen, Gr. ? the wedding song, also ? Hymen: cf. F. hym['e]n['e]al, hym['e]n['e]en.] Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. --Pope.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "of or relating to a marriage;" as a noun, "wedding hymn," from 1717; from Latin hymenaeus , from Greek hymenaios "belonging to wedlock, wedding, wedding song," from Hymen , Greek god of marriage.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to a wedding or marriage; "hymeneal rites" n. a wedding hymn
Usage examples of hymeneal.
Chickens offered their breasts: pies hinted savoury secrets: things mystic, in a mash, with Gallic appellatives, jellies, creams, fruits, strewed the table: as a tower in the midst, the cake colossal: the priestly vesture of its nuptial white relieved by hymeneal splendours.
Anyone above or below the prescribed ages who takes part in the public hymeneals shall be said to have done an unholy and unrighteous thing.