bride-chambern.

Brit.

/ˈbrʌɪdˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈbraɪdˌtʃeɪmbər/

Forms: see bride n.¹ and chamber n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bride n.¹, chamber n.

Etymology: < bride n.¹ + chamber n.Compare Old High German brūtkamara (Middle High German brūtkamere, German Brautkammer, now historical).

Now archaic (chiefly in biblical translations and commentary).

The bedroom in which a marriage is consummated; (also more generally) a room in which wedding celebrations or ceremonies take place.Frequently in figurative and Christian contexts; cf. bridegroom n. 2.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding night > chamber

bridehouseOE

genius chamber1513

spousing1513

bride-chamber?1533

wedding-chamber1552

marriage chamber1560

bridal chamber1594

bride's room?1690

marriage-bower1769

bridal suite1853

?1533 tr. Erasmus Serm. f. 18^v The sone of god..cam into the wombe of a virgyn, from whense beynge clothed with the robe or vesture of our flesshe came forthe, as a spouse or brydegrome from his bryde chambre [L. thalamo].

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Civ To be a doleful bryde in theyr bloody brydchambers.

1658 A. Jackson Annot. Song of Sol. iii. 164 in Annot. Old Test. Doctrinall Bks. They were wont with songs and the noise of musicall instruments before the Bride-chamber to awaken the Bridegroome and the Bride, by way of congratulating their marriage to them.

1749 Satan's Harvest Home v. 61 This doughty Bridegroom went into the Bride-chamber to his Spouse.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 383 Topics eternally old, yet of eternal freshness, the perennial truisms of the grave and the bride-chamber.

1902 ‘L. Hope’ Garden of Kama 133 Roses bend over us, Making a bride chamber sacred and sweet.

1982 Folklore 93 186 The Guyanese tradition of inspecting the bed linen in the bride-chamber on the morning after the wedding for evidence of a broken hymen.

2014 B. Pitre Jesus the Bridegroom iv. 92 Why would Jesus draw an analogy between the entry of the bridegroom into the bridechamber on the wedding night and the day of his death?

Phrases

children (also sons) of the bride-chamber n. (in biblical translations and commentary) attendants or companions of the bridegroom at an ancient Jewish wedding; (figurative) Christians regarded as attendants of Christ in his salvation (cf. bridegroom n. 2).Chiefly used in translations of and with reference to Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, and Luke 5:34 (cf. quot. 1611). [After Hellenistic Greek οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, lit. ‘the sons of the bride-chamber’ (New Testament, in the passages cited above).]

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1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xlvii In Luke..Cryste answerde, that ye cannot make the chylderne of the bryde chamber so longe as the brydegrome is with them to faste.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ix. 15 Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them?

1764 T. Percy in tr. Song of Solomon Comm. p. xxxii It is not very evident whether these words belong to the Bridesmaids, or to the sons of the Bride-chamber.

1873 Monthly Packet June 515 Crown Thy Bride, and may the children Of the Bride-chamber rejoice.

1976 Studia Patristica 14 240 There are abundant passages in the GP [= Gospel of Philip] which allude to the divine Light and the ‘rest’ which awaits children of the bride-chamber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bride-chamber
释义	bride-chambern. Brit. /ˈbrʌɪdˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈbraɪdˌtʃeɪmbər/ Forms: see bride n.¹ and chamber n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bride n.¹, chamber n. Etymology: < bride n.¹ + chamber n.Compare Old High German brūtkamara (Middle High German brūtkamere, German Brautkammer, now historical). Now archaic (chiefly in biblical translations and commentary). The bedroom in which a marriage is consummated; (also more generally) a room in which wedding celebrations or ceremonies take place.Frequently in figurative and Christian contexts; cf. bridegroom n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding night > chamber bridehouseOE genius chamber1513 spousing1513 bride-chamber?1533 wedding-chamber1552 marriage chamber1560 bridal chamber1594 bride's room?1690 marriage-bower1769 bridal suite1853 ?1533 tr. Erasmus Serm. f. 18^v The sone of god..cam into the wombe of a virgyn, from whense beynge clothed with the robe or vesture of our flesshe came forthe, as a spouse or brydegrome from his bryde chambre [L. thalamo]. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Civ To be a doleful bryde in theyr bloody brydchambers. 1658 A. Jackson Annot. Song of Sol. iii. 164 in Annot. Old Test. Doctrinall Bks. They were wont with songs and the noise of musicall instruments before the Bride-chamber to awaken the Bridegroome and the Bride, by way of congratulating their marriage to them. 1749 Satan's Harvest Home v. 61 This doughty Bridegroom went into the Bride-chamber to his Spouse. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 383 Topics eternally old, yet of eternal freshness, the perennial truisms of the grave and the bride-chamber. 1902 ‘L. Hope’ Garden of Kama 133 Roses bend over us, Making a bride chamber sacred and sweet. 1982 Folklore 93 186 The Guyanese tradition of inspecting the bed linen in the bride-chamber on the morning after the wedding for evidence of a broken hymen. 2014 B. Pitre Jesus the Bridegroom iv. 92 Why would Jesus draw an analogy between the entry of the bridegroom into the bridechamber on the wedding night and the day of his death? Phrases children (also sons) of the bride-chamber n. (in biblical translations and commentary) attendants or companions of the bridegroom at an ancient Jewish wedding; (figurative) Christians regarded as attendants of Christ in his salvation (cf. bridegroom n. 2).Chiefly used in translations of and with reference to Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, and Luke 5:34 (cf. quot. 1611). [After Hellenistic Greek οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, lit. ‘the sons of the bride-chamber’ (New Testament, in the passages cited above).] ΚΠ 1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xlvii In Luke..Cryste answerde, that ye cannot make the chylderne of the bryde chamber so longe as the brydegrome is with them to faste. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ix. 15 Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them? 1764 T. Percy in tr. Song of Solomon Comm. p. xxxii It is not very evident whether these words belong to the Bridesmaids, or to the sons of the Bride-chamber. 1873 Monthly Packet June 515 Crown Thy Bride, and may the children Of the Bride-chamber rejoice. 1976 Studia Patristica 14 240 There are abundant passages in the GP [= Gospel of Philip] which allude to the divine Light and the ‘rest’ which awaits children of the bride-chamber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1533
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