Crossword clues for nuptials
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. Nuptials (n[u^]p"shalz). Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.
Celebration of that nuptial, which
We two have sworn shall come.
--Shak.
Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials.
--Prescott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"marriage, wedding," 1550s, plural of nuptial.
Wiktionary
n. wedding ceremony
WordNet
n. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, hymeneals]
Usage examples of "nuptials".
More-nia could ill afford the expense and distraction of royal nuptials when it needed to rebuild.
With a fortnight since the nuptials, the players had had ample time to Speak with Olric, to prepare their presentation.
Hal wondered for an instant if there were a message there, if there were other nuptials to be celebrated.
You've been trying to duck out of planning our nuptials ever since I said I would marry you.
You may approach the day of our nuptials knowing that matters are in professional hands, and I in the sure and certain knowledge that I merely need stand in place and recite my lines in order to have my heart's desire.
Signora Fontana and Father Maratta had planned—conspired would be as good a word—with Sharon to ensure that the nuptials he was now awaiting the commencement of were fully prepared for.