| 释义 |
hymeneal, a. and n.|haɪməˈniːəl|
Forms: 7 hymniall, himeneall, hymeneall, -æall, 8–9 -æal, 7– -eal.
[f. L. hymenæ-us (also hymenēius), a. Gr. ὑµέναιος belonging to wedlock, also as n. a wedding, wedding-song (see Hymen1) + -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to marriage.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. v. F iv b, Disloyal to our hymniall rites. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 522 Martyrs..who lookt on flaming Faggots, but as Hymenæall, and Nuptiall Torches. 1792F. Burney Lett. to J. Bryant 7 Aug., Views of hymeneal connexions. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 165 The ‘lovely bride’, about to be led to the hymeneal altar.
B. n.
1. A wedding-hymn.
1717Pope Eloisa 220 For her white virgins Hymenæals sing. 1719Freethinker No. 140 ⁋5 The Birds warbled out their Hymeneals. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxi. 4 Now doth a virgin approach, now soundeth a glad hymeneal.
2. pl. A wedding, nuptials.
1655Theophania 112 All in general expected either with envy or desire the consummation of their hymeneals. 1744H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. ci. 340, I will not talk any more politically but turn to hymeneals. 1809M. Edgeworth Manœuvring xvi, All the pride, pomp, and circumstance of these glorious hymeneals appeared to them but as a dream.
Hence hymeˈneally adv.
1839T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. LV. 443 The ‘roseate bands’, which sound so harmoniously and so hymeneally, had not been sufficiently strong. 1841J. W. Orderson Creol. xv. 167 Our hymeneally addicted isle. |