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nuptiality|nʌpʃɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. nuptial.]
1. pl. A couple about to be married. rare—1.
1759Walpole Let. to G. Montague 26 Apr., My Nuptialities dined here yesterday. The wedding is fixed for the 15th.
2. pl. Nuptial ceremonies.
1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. iv. 96 The classic stateliness of Theseus and Hypolita, with their sedate and lofty nuptialities, form..a splendid frame to the picture.
3. Conjugal virtues or character.
1789Walpole Let. to Miss M. Berry 19 July, In France, where nuptiality is not the virtue most in request. 1879Meredith Egoist II. ii. 34 Innocent of the Bacchic nuptiality of the allusion.
4. The frequency or incidence of marriage within a population.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 839/1 Nuptiality and Fecundity.—In connexion with the subject of natural increase may be mentioned the tendency of a people towards marriage, and the average fertility of each union. 1949Population Studies II. 356 The relations between male and female nuptiality in general. 1966E. A. Wrigley Introd. Eng. Hist. Demogr. iv. 111 The demographic mechanisms which produced changes in population totals—the interplay of nuptiality, fertility and mortality. 1973Times 12 Dec. 2/3 Although nuptiality was higher than ever, mean family size for couples..had dropped. |