About The Word Nuptial
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Nuptial
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What's The Definition Of Nuptial?
[adj] of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nuptial: bridal | spousal Related Terms | Find terms related to Nuptial: amorous | bridal | carnal | conjugal | connubial | epithalamic | erogenic | erogenous | erotic | erotogenic | fleshly | gamic | heterosexual | husbandly | hymeneal | libidinal | marital | married | matrimonial | oversexed | potent | procreative | sensual | sex | sexed | sexlike | sexual | sexy | spousal | straight | undersexed | venereal | voluptuous | wedded | wedding | wifely See Also | Nuptial In Webster's Dictionary \Nup"tial\, a. [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage,
wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence,
to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil;
cf. Gr. ? bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial.]
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as,
nuptial rites and ceremonies.
Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch.
--Milton.
\Nup"tial\, n.; pl. {Nuptials}. 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. |
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