WordNet
n. a reception wedding guests held after the wedding
Wikipedia
A wedding reception is a party held after the completion of a marriage ceremony. It is held as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receives society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple. Hosts provide their choice of food and drink, although a wedding cake is popular. Entertaining guests after a wedding ceremony is traditional in most societies, and can last anywhere from half an hour to many hours or even days.
In some cultures, separate wedding celebrations are held for the bride's and groom's families.
Before receptions—a social event that is structured around a receiving line, and usually held in the afternoon, with only light refreshments—became popular, weddings were more typically celebrated with wedding breakfasts (for those whose religious traditions encouraged morning weddings) and wedding balls (for those who were married in the evening). The popularity of receptions, rather than breakfasts, dinners, and balls, during the 20th century led to the name reception being applied to any social event after a wedding, whether it is brunch, tea, dinner, or a dance.
Usage examples of "wedding reception".
And so they had kissed, the real Anne and Benjamin, and a moment later gone out to the wedding reception and their difficult fate.
I suppose I could ensure that you show up at the altar by hiring you to do the catering for our wedding reception.
It's just that Fitz is running ragged over the Milhouse-Drury wedding reception, and Robyn's swamped.
He had disappeared during the wedding reception and never returned.
Why, that man left me standing at my wedding reception, Palmer, for half an hour, while he drove his commanding officer to catch a train back to Norfolk!
Oh, yes, and we mustn't forget that half of New York saw us have a violent quarrel in the middle of our wedding reception.
Ever known a wedding reception yet where anybody paid any attention to the bride and groom?
That's why there's going to be a wedding today, and my poor cousin's going to be bait at her own wedding reception.