单词 | bride-feast |
释义 | > as lemmasbride-feast bride-feast n. now historical a feast held in celebration of a marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] bridalOE bride-feast1555 wedding-cheer1599 wedding festival1795 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. x. f. 88 They shall seeme to goo to bryde feastes [L. convivia..nuptialia] where all thynges are redy prepared a geynst their commynge. a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) II. 440 At last they came to Glaston & held a bride feast there to which I was invited but did not go. 1884 J. Payne tr. Bk. Thousand Nights & One Night IX. iv. 111 Since he is married to thee,..we must make thee a splendid bride-feast, that we may rejoice in thee and in my son. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 28 Mar. e14 At the bride-feast all was merriment. < as lemmas |
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