What is "wedding"

Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.

Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz.
--Longfellow.

Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends.

Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.

Let her beauty be her wedding dower.
--Shak.

Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.

Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.]

1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

   With this ring I thee wed.
   --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

   I saw thee first, and wedded thee.
   --Milton.

2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

   And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her.
   --Milton.

3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

   Thou art wedded to calamity.
   --Shak.

   Men are wedded to their lusts.
   --Tillotson.

   [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
   --Cowper.

4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]

   They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
   --Clarendon.

Old English weddung "state of being wed; pledge, betrothal; action of marrying," verbal noun from wed (v.). Meaning "nuptials, ceremony of marriage" is recorded from early 13c.; the usual Old English word for the ceremony was bridelope, literally "bridal run," in reference to conducting the bride to her new home. Wedding ring is from late 14c.; wedding cake is recorded from 1640s, as a style of architecture from 1879. Wedding-dress attested from 1779; wedding-reception from 1856.

Etymology 1 n. 1 marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. 2 Joining of two or more parts. vb. (present participle of wed English) Etymology 2

vb. To participate in a wedding.

See wed

1. adj. having been taken in marriage [syn: wedded]

2. [also: wedding, wedded]

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

2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, marriage ceremony]

3. a party of people at a wedding [syn: wedding party]

1. v. take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]

2. perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, tie, splice]

3. [also: wedding, wedded]

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by the couple, presentation of a gift (offering, ring(s), symbolic item, flowers, money), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony.

Wedding (; ) is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. At the same time the eastern half of the former borough of Wedding—on the other side of Reinickendorfer Straße—was separated as the new locality of Gesundbrunnen.

A wedding is a formal ceremony which unites people in marriage.

Wedding may also refer to:

Wedding is an 18-episode South Korean television drama that aired on KBS2 in 2005. The series explores the relationship of a newly wed couple, showing how two people, who met and married through an arranged matchmaking, slowly develop a relationship and learn what it means to be married. Some of the issues explored include what is the most important thing in a marriage, trust and honesty between a couple, how past relationships affect present, and the role of family in a relationship. Unlike other dramas written by Oh Soo-yeon, which focused on people falling in love by fate or destiny, this one is about two people with very different personalities, values, and backgrounds, and seeing how they learn to love one another despite all of their differences.