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Marriage ceremonies
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nuptials
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Word definitions for nuptials in dictionaries
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.
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. wedding ceremony
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding , wedding ceremony , hymeneals ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"marriage, wedding," 1550s, plural of nuptial .
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.