About The Word Wedding
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Wedding
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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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