epithalamicadj.
/ˌɛpɪθəˈlamɪk/ Of or pertaining to an epithalamium.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [adjective] > celebrating wedding (of song)
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1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 200 The youths and maids..performed this epithalamic ode.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 390 Both the Epithalamic Psalm and the Cantata or Eunosto.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 79 The ‘Sacred Wedding’..was familiar to epithalamic poets.
1884 F. R. Stockton Lady or Tiger? 12 Dancing maidens..treading an epithalamic measure.
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