About The Word Wedding

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Wedding

Wedding Meaning & Definition
Wedding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wedding?

[n] the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
[n] the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
[n] a party of people at a wedding

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wedding: marriage | marriage ceremony | nuptials | wedding ceremony | wedding party

Related Terms | Find terms related to Wedding:

See Also | best man | bridal | bride | bridegroom | bridesmaid | ceremonial | ceremonial occasion | ceremony | civil marriage | espousal | flower girl | groom | groomsman | love match | observance | party | remarriage | rite | ritual | trainbearer

Wedding In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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