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The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
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nuptials
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"marriage, wedding," 1550s, plural of nuptial .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. wedding ceremony
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I would preface our nuptials with the good opinion of my neighbours. ▪ Just 24 pictures taken inside by a prison officer on film provided by the guests, will record the nuptials . ▪ Most nuptials involve inmates who will eventually ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in 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.