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单词 wedding
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weddingn.

Brit. /ˈwɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
Forms: Old English weddung, Middle English weddingue, Middle English weddin, Middle English weddyn, Middle English weding, wedyng, Middle English–1500s weddyng(e, weddinge, 1500s Scottish vedding, Middle English– wedding.
Etymology: < wed v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of marrying; marriage, espousal. Chiefly gerundial. †Also, the married state, wedlock, matrimony (obsolete).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun]
eeOE
weddingc1000
wivingOE
contractc1315
marriagec1325
matrimony1357
unionc1475
maritagec1478
briding1566
espousal1566
match1574
intermarriage1579
despousing1609
espousement1623
nuptial1630
coupling1641
splice1830
intermarrying1843
contraction1885
yokemating1891
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun]
bridelockOE
yokeOE
spousehooda1200
spousea1225
wedlock?c1225
wedlockhoodc1230
marriagec1300
spousal1340
matrimonya1382
espousala1393
muliera1400
spousagea1400
spouseheadc1400
weddedhooda1450
wedhooda1450
wedding1489
espousage1549
the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552
nuptial1566
bed-match1582
bob-tail1585
Hymen's banda1593
Hymen1608
married life1609
conjugality1645
marriage state1652
conjugacy1659
marriage life1662
establishment1684
shackledom1771
connubiality1836
connubialism1848
weddedness1891
bedlock1922
the tender trap1954
c1000 Gosp. Nicod. vii. 3 in Thwaites Hept. (1698) Seo weddung wæs beweddod, eal swa eowre agene ðeoda secgaþ.
c1290 St. Edmund Conf. 97 in S. Eng. Leg. 434 Wel he huld is treuþe setþe and his weddingue also, And trewe spouse was inovȝ.
a1300 K. Horn 423 Hit nere no fair wedding Bitwexe a þral & a king.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1428 Siðen men hauen holden skil First to freinen ðe wimmanes wil, Or or men hire to louerd giue For wedding or for morgen-giwe.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 178 Summe..For Couetise of Catel vnkuyndeliche beoþ maried, And Careful Concepcion comeþ of such weddyng.
a1400 G. Chaucer Envoy to Bukton 24 So may happe That the were leuer to be take in Frise Than eft falle of weddynge in the trappe.
1483 Cath. Angl. 412/1 Ye secund Weddynge, bigamia, deutrogamia.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 267 Wedding is the hardest band That ony man may tak on hand.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiv. 52 My sone hyemen, whiche is named the god of weddynge.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 130 Be well war of wedyng.
1564 Briefe Exam. *****iij Who vsed the ring fyrst in weddyng? the Heathen.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 65 Wooing, wedding, and repenting, is as a Scotch ijgge, a measure, and a cinquepace. View more context for this quotation
proverbial.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. iii. sig. Aivv Be it far or ny, weddyng is desteny,And hangyng lykewise, sayth that prouerbe, sayd I.
2.
a. The performance of the marriage-rite; the ceremony of a marriage, with its attendant festivities.This is the word in general use for this sense.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]
wifethingeOE
bridelopeOE
brydthing971
bridelockOE
bridalOE
noces?c1225
wedlocka1300
spousingc1300
weddingc1300
marriagea1375
espousala1393
sponsalia1535
nuptial1566
espousing1581
nuptial1581
marriage rite1592
nuptiallings1600
Hymen1608
marriage ceremony1616
bridaltya1637
confarreation1645
hymeneals1655
farreation1656
church wedding1852
nuptialities1863
shadi1893
matrimonials1986
c1300 K. Horn (Laud) 1295 He rongen þe bellen Þe wedding [Cambr. wedlak] for to fullen.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 25 The feste þt was at hir weddynge.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos lxiii. 163 Moche Ioye was there made atte theyr weddynge.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxii. f. xxxj The weddinge was furnysshed with gestes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Weddyng, nopces.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 177 I thinke it was to see my mothers wedding.
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding v. ii in Comedies & Trag. 144 I'll run and invite them to the wedding.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. lv. 347 Every woman's heart leaps..when a wedding is described.
1797 F. M. Eden State of Poor I. 598 The custom of a general feasting at weddings and christenings.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 41 The very wedding looked dismal as they passed in front of the altar.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay x. 165 Are you to be at the Milton wedding next week?
1897 S. A. Brooke in L. P. Jacks Life & Lett. S. Brooke (1917) II. 532 I am told the wedding went off well.
figurative.a1901 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality (1903) II. 295 Since that great wedding between Reason and Experience, which immortalises the name of Galileo.
b. penny wedding: see penny wedding n. at penny n. Compounds 2. silver wedding [ < German silberhochzeit, silberne hochzeit] , the 25th anniversary of a wedding (see silver n. and adj. Compounds 1e). golden wedding, the 50th anniversary. diamond wedding, the 60th or 75th anniversary (see diamond n. Compounds 5).
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > wedding anniversary
wedding-anniversarya1684
silver wedding1849
golden wedding1850
tin wedding1863
pearl wedding1869
wooden wedding1870
diamond wedding1872
ruby wedding1879
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time of wedding > [noun] > anniversary > specific
silver-feast1796
silver wedding1849
golden wedding1850
wooden wedding1870
diamond wedding1872
1850 J. von Tautphœus Initials I. v. 121 ‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton... ‘To be fifty years married and to have a golden wedding, is a sort of event in a family.’
1860 Illustr. London News 24 Nov. 485/3 The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Prince William of Hesse and the Princess Charlotte... This ‘golden wedding’, as such an event is called [etc.].
1874 H. W. Longfellow Hanging of Crane vii It is the Golden Wedding day.
†3. Occasionally found in other senses of the verb: Close union or association; the action of pledging or wagering. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining
spousal1340
weddingc1380
solding1398
marriagec1400
espousal?c1450
soldering?1550
marryinga1566
twist1580
suture1600
welding1603
ferrumination1606
cementation1836
cementing1868
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun]
wedding1503
bettinga1616
wagering1692
gambling1700
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 But Lord! wheþer weddyng wiþ siche signes helpiþ to holde religioun of Crist, and love hym of hert?
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 448 Wedding wiþ þes newe bilawis, passinge þe wedding wiþ goddis lawe, makiþ þes newe rotun sectis.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 And errour in weiyng of þis love makiþ many fals weddingis; as men ben weddid wiþ þer habitis, and þer custumes, and þer singular maners, as ȝif þei weren Cristis comaundementis.
1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 401 Item, the xj day of October, to the King quhilk he tynt on wedding with the Abbot of Cambuskinneth, xiiij s.
4. For alternative forms of many of these collocations see bridal adj., bride n.1 Compounds 1a, Compounds 1, marriage n. Compounds 1, nuptial adj. 1. The adjectival force of wedding is recognized in the following quot. 1530:
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 329/1 (‘The Table of Adjectyves’) Weddyng, belongyng to maryage, nuptial.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
wedding-anniversary n.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > wedding anniversary
wedding-anniversarya1684
silver wedding1849
golden wedding1850
tin wedding1863
pearl wedding1869
wooden wedding1870
diamond wedding1872
ruby wedding1879
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time of wedding > [noun] > anniversary
wedding-anniversarya1684
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1673 (1955) IV. 18 It being his Wedding Anniversarie.
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird iii. 33 It's our wedding anniversary.
wedding-appearance n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing other clothing > state of
dishabille1684
wedding-appearance1751
frockhood1861
dishybilly1922
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s) > state of being clothed in
wedding-appearance1751
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xlii. 257 How bravely shall we enter a court,..dressed out each man, as if to his wedding-appearance!
wedding-banquet n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast
bride ale1526
marriage feast?1533
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
wedding-feast1633
wedding-banquet1855
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xii. 173 Thus the wedding banquet ended.
wedding-bed n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed
bridebedOE
bridal beda1547
marriage bed1567
nuptial bed1578
wedding-bed1597
Hymen-bed1598
thore1649
wed-beda1650
geniala1701
nuptial couch1731
wedlock bed1820
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 134 If he be maried, My graue is like to be my wedding bed . View more context for this quotation
1685 J. Dryden tr. Theocritus Idyllium xxvii, in Sylvæ sig. I3v I bargain for a wedding Bed at least.
wedding-bell n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > bell or peal
marriage-knell1693
wedding-peal1808
marriage bell1816
bride bell1839
wedding-bella1849
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > at a wedding
marriage-knell1693
wedding-peal1808
marriage bell1816
bride bell1839
wedding-bella1849
spurring1888
a1849 E. A. Poe Poet. Wks. (1859) 62 Hear the mellow wedding-bells.
wedding-chamber n.
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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
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > bridal chamber
wedding-chamber1552
bridal chamber1594
thalam1791
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Weddynge chamber, thalamus.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Esdras x. 1 When my sonne was entred into his wedding chamber, he fell downe and died. View more context for this quotation
† wedding-cheer n. Obsolete
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun]
bridalOE
bride-feast1555
wedding-cheer1599
wedding festival1795
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 114 Our wedding cheare [turns] to a sad buriall feast. View more context for this quotation
wedding-clothes n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > wedding
bride clothesc1384
wedding-clothes1678
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 43 The Bride That with her Wedding-cloaths undresses Her Complaisance, and Gentilesses.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 288 Betsy..prepared her wedding-clothes, and looked hourly for the bridegroom.
wedding-coat n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > for specific purpose > other
dust-coat1702
hunting-coat1789
pinkc1791
reading-coat1830
wedding-coat1838
zephyr1843
lab coat1895
tea-coat1899
stroller1901
bridge coat1905
sport coat1917
sportster1929
laboratory coatc1936
car coat1956
1838 M. R. Walker Let. 27 July in C. M. Drury Elkanah & Mary Walker (1940) iii. 92 I was glad indeed to see him safe & sound with his cloths sadly rent having lost his coat his wedding coat.
1857 C. Dickens Let. 17 Aug. (1995) VIII. 412 A pair of common nankeen tights..and blue wedding coat.
wedding-dinner n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > dinner
marriage dinner1552
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
1633 Match at Mid-night ii. i. D 2 b One wedding dinner must serve both marriages.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 163 Miss Amelia Martin was invited..to honour the wedding dinner with her presence.
wedding-dower n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry
moryeveOE
marriagea1325
dowing1382
dowerc1386
dowrya1400
marriage money1454
marriage good1478
tocher1496
dote1509
jointurea1513
portion1513
endowry1523
tocher-good1538
dowagea1552
marriage dowrya1616
wedding-dowera1616
marriage portion1616
portion money1625
fortune1702
dot1822
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 78 Then let her beauty be her wedding dowre . View more context for this quotation
wedding-dress n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > bride
wedding-gown1439
wedding-dress1801
bride-weed1854
1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxxi. 357 Something must be left to the imagination. Positively I will not describe wedding dresses.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 83 They helped her on with her wedding-dress.
wedding-feast n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast
bride ale1526
marriage feast?1533
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
wedding-feast1633
wedding-banquet1855
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. F3 They that now dreame of a wedding-feast, May chance to mourne the lusty Bridegromes ruine.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xi. 142 (heading) Hiawatha's Wedding-feast.
wedding festival n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun]
bridalOE
bride-feast1555
wedding-cheer1599
wedding festival1795
1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers i. 331 The villagers Are flocking in—a wedding festival.
wedding-gown n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > bride
wedding-gown1439
wedding-dress1801
bride-weed1854
1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 118 My weddynggown and all my clothis of gold.
1767 A. Murphy School for Guardians iv. iv. 66 I have brought your young lady's wedding-gown.
wedding-guest n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > wedding guest
wedding-guest1798
bridaller1830
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The wedding-guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
wedding-journey n.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > journey after a wedding
wedding-journey1841
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding trip or visit
wedding visit1794
honeymoon tour1834
honeymoon trip1838
wedding-journey1841
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 598/1 She lent us her chariot for the wedding journey.
1881 Howells (title) Their Wedding Journey.
wedding-mass n.
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1612 J. Webster White Divel ii. i. 190 Accursed be the priest That sang the wedding masse.
wedding-night n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding night
marriage night1607
wedding-night1661
1661 S. Pepys Diary 10 Oct. (1970) II. 194 So home and entended to be merry, it being my sixth wedding night.
1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd i. 7 The very bed, which on thy wedding night Receiv'd thee to the Arms of Belvidera.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 20 I spent my wedding-night in a back-kitchen chimney.
wedding-peal n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > bell or peal
marriage-knell1693
wedding-peal1808
marriage bell1816
bride bell1839
wedding-bella1849
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > at a wedding
marriage-knell1693
wedding-peal1808
marriage bell1816
bride bell1839
wedding-bella1849
spurring1888
1808 F. Skurray Bidcombe Hill 25 (note) In the village of Horningsham..it is customary, when a young person dies unmarried, to ring the wedding peal on muffled bells, immediately on the interment of the corpse.
wedding photo n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London iii. 46 They showed us different wedding photos.
wedding photograph n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1956 Focal Encycl. Photogr. 1273/2 A good set of wedding photographs calls for a surprising amount of planning and organization.
1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday x. 76 Cora should have received the wedding photograph.
wedding-present n.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > wedding gift
spousala1382
mahr1788
wedding-present1854
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > gift
spousala1382
wedding-present1854
1854 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 27 May (1952) 35 My wedding present to Felicia, a white and gold bookcase.
1898 G. B. Shaw Candida in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 81 A travelling clock in a leather case (the inevitable wedding present).
wedding-robe n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 238 Thys noble yonge lorde ys clad in a new weddynge robe.
wedding-sermon n.
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1694 T. Brown Lottery for Ladies in Wks. (1709) IV. i. 54 Dr. B——s shall preach the Wedding Sermon.
† wedding smock n. Obsolete
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie i. sig. B3 If my wedding smock were on.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. R6v Next we will..talke of Brides; & who shall make That wedding-smock, this Bridal-Cake.
wedding-song n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > song
bride-songOE
marriage song1582
bedding ballad1589
epithalamy1589
epithalamium1595
prothalamion1597
wedding-song1598
Hymen1613
hymenean1667
hymeneal1717
marriage lay1728
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > wedding song
bride-songOE
marriage song1582
bedding ballad1589
epithalamy1589
epithalamium1595
prothalamion1597
wedding-song1598
Hymen1613
hymenean1667
hymeneal1717
marriage lay1728
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi v. vii, in Terence in Eng. 327 They which sing the wedding song.
wedding-suit n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > other
wedding-suit1594
Highland dress1703
ihram1704
Quaker dress1718
cap and gown1853
montuno1941
silks1946
hanbok1952
montuna1955
samfu1955
strip1974
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. C3v For this I sweare shall be my wedding sute.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 53 The Wedding-suit of a first Dutchess.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. lx. 116 An English Esquire would as soon walk abroad in his grandfather's wedding suit, as suffer the family Tree to be seen in his hall.
1959 W. Faulkner Mansion xiii. 296 Maybe he picked it up along with that-ere white wedding suit.
wedding-supper n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > supper
marriage supper1565
wedding-supper1695
1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 68 Ha, ha, ha! That a Man shou'd have a Stomach to a Wedding Supper, when the Pidgeons ought rather to be laid to his feet.
1961 Bible (New Eng.) Rev. xix. 9 Happy are those who are invited to the wedding-supper of the Lamb!
wedding-table n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > table
marriage table1603
wedding-table1722
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 29 To tell how meikle Cakes and Ale..Was serv'd upon the Wedding-table.
wedding-torch n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > other equipment or accessories
wedding-torcha1616
bride bush1617
wedding-cards1847
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 9 Behold, this is the happy Wedding Torch, That ioyneth Roan vnto her Countreymen. View more context for this quotation
wedding tour n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > type of holiday or tour
grand tour1678
villegiature1740
villeggiatura1742
honeymoon1791
wedding visit1794
honeymooning1832
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
second honeymoon1872
tourette1881
weekending1886
package holiday1959
fly-cruise1968
ski pack1969
ecotour1973
package1977
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding trip or visit
wedding visit1794
honeymoon tour1834
honeymoon trip1838
wedding-journey1841
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
1847 C. M. Yonge Scenes & Characters xxxi. 340 The wedding had been hurried on, and the wedding-tour was shortened.
1955 C. E. Carrington Rudyard Kipling ix. 201 It will not be necessary to retrace Rudyard's steps throughout his wedding tour.
† wedding trim n. Obsolete
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
a1729 T. Tickell Colin & Lucy 43 He in his wedding-trim so gay, I in my winding-sheet!
wedding trip n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > type of holiday or tour
grand tour1678
villegiature1740
villeggiatura1742
honeymoon1791
wedding visit1794
honeymooning1832
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
second honeymoon1872
tourette1881
weekending1886
package holiday1959
fly-cruise1968
ski pack1969
ecotour1973
package1977
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding trip or visit
wedding visit1794
honeymoon tour1834
honeymoon trip1838
wedding-journey1841
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
1855 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ii. 17 A clerical English husband..on a wedding trip with his young wife.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby viii. 183 Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip.
1974 News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 4– a/8 After a wedding trip to Charlottesville, Virginia the couple will reside on Morreene Road, Durham.
wedding visit n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > type of holiday or tour
grand tour1678
villegiature1740
villeggiatura1742
honeymoon1791
wedding visit1794
honeymooning1832
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
second honeymoon1872
tourette1881
weekending1886
package holiday1959
fly-cruise1968
ski pack1969
ecotour1973
package1977
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding trip or visit
wedding visit1794
honeymoon tour1834
honeymoon trip1838
wedding-journey1841
wedding tour1847
wedding trip1855
1794 J. Woodforde Diary 7 Apr. (1929) IV. 103 Mr. & Mrs. Carbould are gone out for a few days to make a wedding visit to Mrs. Carbould's Brother at Castor near Yarmouth.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxviii. 89 Through the next weeks there would be wedding visits received and given.
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wedding band n. U.S. = wedding-ring n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > betrothal or wedding-ring
wedding-ringc1386
engagement ring1861
plight-ring1875
wedding band1946
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > marriage or wedding bond > ring as token of
wedding-ringc1386
marrying ring1504
marriage ring1568
band1671
bridal ring1717
bride ring1810
church-ring1856
wedding band1946
1946 R. Lyle Mademoiselle's Handbk. Bridal Consultants vi. 79 Wedding bands have in centuries past been made of iron as well as gold.
1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See i. 16 On the third finger of his left hand, there was a wedding band.
wedding breakfast n. a celebratory meal eaten just after a wedding (now at any time of day) by the newly-wed couple and their guests; cf. breakfast n. 2b.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > wedding feast
marriage feast?1533
marriage dinner1552
bride-banquet1600
spouse-feast1601
marriage table1603
bridal dinnera1616
wedding-dinner1633
wedding-feast1633
wedding-supper1695
wedding-table1722
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
wedding-banquet1855
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > breakfast
breakfast1847
wedding breakfast1850
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 144 There is a wedding breakfast.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxx. 294 To make the furnished lodging decent for the wedding breakfast.
1859 Habits Good Society xv. 372 It must be borne in mind that the wedding-breakfast is not a dinner.
1962 Sunday Times 11 Nov. 25/4 They married in church, and had a wedding breakfast but no honeymoon.
wedding-bush n. a shrub of the genus Ricinocarpos, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, esp. R. pinifolius, which is native to eastern Australia and bears clusters of fragrant white flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian
banksia1787
waratah1793
honeysuckle1803
pinkwood1824
honeysuckle tree1825
rose1825
blue bush1828
dogwood1828
parrotbill1829
tulip-tree1830
whitebeard1832
swamp-oak1833
bauera1835
mungitec1837
bottlebrush1839
clianthus1841
glory-pea1848
boronia1852
koromiko1855
pituri1861
Sturt's pea1865
scrub vine1866
pea-bush1867
cotton-bush1876
Australian honeysuckle1881
peach myrtle1882
saloop bush1884
naupaka1888
dog rose1896
native tulip1898
snow bush1909
wedding-bush1923
Hebe1961
mountain pepper1965
1923 Census of Plants of Victoria (Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria) 41 Wedding Bush.
1961 Coast to Coast 1959–60 60 Before me was a track running between walls of manna~gum, casuarina, tea-tree in full blossom, and wedding~bush even whiter.
wedding-cake n. a large rich cake, covered with icing and decorated with sugar ornaments, cut and distributed to the guests at the wedding-feast and sent in small portions to absent friends; also attributive; also figurative, esp. applied attributively (often somewhat dismissively) to a sumptuously ornate style of architecture, and (also absol.) to buildings in this style.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > wedding
bride cake1533
bridal cake?1613
wedding-cake1648
infare-cake1884
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > feast > cake
bride cake1533
wedding-cake1648
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > other styles
transition1730
pasticcio1750
symmetrophobia1809
rococo1835
flamboyantism1846
collegiate Gothic1851
vernacular architecture1857
Neo-Grec1867
modernism1879
wedding-cake1879
Queen Anne1883
Colonial Revival1889
Chicago school1893
Dutch colonial1894
English colonial1894
monumentalism1897
vernacular1910
international style1911
Churrigueresque1913
postmodernism1914
prairie style1914
rationalism1918
lavatory style1919
functionalism1924
Mudéjar1927
façadism1933
open plan1938
Wrenaissance1942
pseudo1945
brutalism1953
open planning1958
neo-Liberty1959
Queen Annery1966
Jugendstil1967
moderne1968
strip architecture1976
high-tech1978
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. X6 This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake.
c1798 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves ii, in Poet. Wks. (1893) 86/2 The wedding-cake with her own hand The ruthless mother wrought.
1879 Mrs. F. D. Bridges Jrnl. Lady's Trav. round World (1883) iii. 43 The Palace, somewhat of the wedding-cake style of architecture, all over stucco ornaments and whitewash.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby i. 8 A breeze..blew curtains,..twisting them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling.
1949 H. G. Alsberg et al. American Guide 105 Kennebunk..Among numerous old mansions are..Wedding Cake H. (c. 1825), with most unusual Vict. trimmings.
1968 N.Y. City (Michelin Tire Corp.) 16 Others [sc. skyscrapers], sometimes known as wedding cakes, were covered with ornate sculpture in the 1900 ‘Gigi style’.
1971 J. Willett in A. Bullock 20th Cent. 242/1 A massive piece of wedding-cake architecture (..fortunately never built) for the projected Palace of Soviets in Moscow.
wedding canopy n. Judaism = chuppah n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > canopy
chuppah1876
wedding canopy1892
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 37 The hope was expressed that Mr. and Mrs. Belcovitch would like..to see their daughters' daughters under the Chuppah, or wedding canopy.
1978 I. B. Singer Shosha iv. 74 You should lead your daughter to a black wedding canopy!
wedding-cards n. cards, bearing the names of the two parties, sent out to friends as an announcement of the wedding; also in singular.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun]
card1596
message card1746
birthday card1797
view card1822
acceptance1837
Easter card1842
wedding-cards1847
comic1860
postcard1869
letter card1870
postal card1870
pc1876
postal1877
note-card1884
photo card1890
greeting-card1898
picture postcard1899
seaside postcard1955
sympathy card1967
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > other equipment or accessories
wedding-torcha1616
bride bush1617
wedding-cards1847
1847 C. M. Yonge Scenes & Characters ii. 9 She was putting her sister's wedding cards into their shining envelopes.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxix I..noticed a basket containing some of the wedding cards.
1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors ii. 10 My daughter's wedding-cards are out.
1953 D. Thomas Let. 31 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 401 Had your wedding card. Congratulations.
wedding-chest n. an ornamental chest made to contain a bride's clothes, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > chest > for bride's clothes, etc.
bridewain1873
wedding-chest1874
cassone1882
wedding-coffer1904
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > goods contributed by wife > container for
wedding-chest1874
cassone1882
wedding-coffer1904
hope chest1911
1874 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. S. Kensington Mus. 127 Coffer..The figures of angels..on the ends and the front panel are uninjured. It has been a wedding chest.
† wedding church door n. Obsolete = wedding door n.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > door > [noun] > at which weddings were performed
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > door at which couples were married
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
1560 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 97 Paid..for mendynge..the window over the wedinge churche dore.
wedding-coffer n. = wedding-chest n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > chest > for bride's clothes, etc.
bridewain1873
wedding-chest1874
cassone1882
wedding-coffer1904
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > goods contributed by wife > container for
wedding-chest1874
cassone1882
wedding-coffer1904
hope chest1911
1904 Studio Sept. 303/2 Wedding-coffers, or ‘cassones,’ as they are sometimes called.
wedding-day n. the day on which a marriage is performed, or which is fixed for the marriage; also, an anniversary of this day; also attributive.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time of wedding > [noun] > wedding day
marriage day1447
marrying day1546
wedding-daya1556
bride daya1641
big day1827
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. B.iiijv What weepe on the weddyng day? be merrie woman.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 62 O Sonne the night before thy wedding day, Hath Death laine with thy bride. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1659 (1955) III. 237 Sir Jo: Evelyn invited us to the 41th Wedding-day feast.
1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 9 Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. Tomorrow is our wedding-day.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 297 The third day from this must be our wedding-day, Jane.
† wedding door n. Obsolete the church-door, or porch, at which couples were married.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > door > [noun] > at which weddings were performed
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > door at which couples were married
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
1470–3 Rec. Andover 11 Paid vnto John helyer for reperacon don at the weddyndor, vid.
1636 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 205 A gallerie over the Wedding doare in the Church.
wedding-favour n. a knot of white ribbon, or a white rosette, sometimes worn by guests at a wedding.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > knot or rosette
knota1400
jarbe1578
wedding-favour1681
cockade1709
cabbage1859
torsade1872
chou1883
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > emblem or favour
rosemary1559
wedding-favour1681
bride-knot1694
bridal favour1756
orange blossomc1835
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 592/1 A wedding favour, Lemniscus nuptialis.
1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) xi. 263 The church was crammed with the guests in wedding-favours.
wedding-finger n. = ring finger n.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > ring finger
ring fingereOE
leech-fingerc1000
leechc1290
leechman14..
medicinable finger?a1475
ring man?c1475
wedding-finger1543
nameless finger1584
medicinal finger1598
physic finger1621
physical finger1623
physician finger1623
medical finger1653
marriage finger1711
ring digit1867
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > marriage or wedding bond > ring as token of > finger on which placed
wedding-finger1543
marriage finger1711
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. T.iiiv The weddynge fynger (whiche is the nexte to the lyttel fynger).
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. H iv Hurt vppon the weddyng fynger of hys righte hande.
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children xiii. 99 She slipped it on to her wedding-finger.
wedding-flower n. (a) Moræa (Iris) robinsoniana, of Lord Howe's Island, New South Wales; (b) Dombeya natalensis, of South Africa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises
gladdona700
gladiolusc1000
flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
1869 in Gardeners' Chron. (1872) 23 Mar. 393/3 A large Iridaceous plant, termed the ‘Wedding Flower’.
wedding-garment n. a garment appropriate to, or customarily worn at, a wedding; also figurative (with reference to Matthew xxii. 11–12).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > wedding > article of
wedding-garment1526
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s)
bride clothesc1384
wedding-gown1439
spousing gown1495
wedding-garment1526
wedding-robe1530
wedding-suit1594
wedding smock1616
wedding-clothes1678
wedding trima1729
bridal gown1734
marriage dress1771
bridal wreath1785
wedding-dress1801
wedding-coat1838
bridalwear1850
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxii. f. xxxj The kinge..spyed there a man which had not on a weddinge garment.
a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) To Rdr. sig. A4v The old Adam ought we to lay aside..and to put on Christ the Lord, as the new wedding garment.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 43 Is supper ready, the house trim'd,..and euery officer his wedding garment on? View more context for this quotation
† wedding-garter n. Obsolete a garter worn as a wedding-favour.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s) > garter
wedding-garter1663
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > for holding up > garter > types of
cross-garteringa1616
wedding-garter1663
tie-up1970
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 112 Are these the fruits o' th' Protestation,..Which all the Saints, & some since Martyrs, Wore in their hats, like Wedding-garters.
wedding group n. (a photograph of) a wedding party.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > wedding group or party
weddinger1802
bride-people1816
wedding group1861
wedding party1873
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner Concl. 361 The wedding group had passed on..to the humbler part of the village.
1930 R. Lehmann Note in Music v. 190 The texts, the wedding group, and the photograph of a grave on the wall.
1979 J. Adam Smith John Buchan 51 People in Scotland, she said, might like to have wedding groups, but she doubted if it was ever done in London.
† wedding-house n. Obsolete = bridehouse n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > place where wedding celebrated
bridal house1440
wedding-housec1440
bridehouse1550
bride-barn1652
marriage hall1924
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > wedding house
wedding-housec1440
bridehouse1550
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 519/2 Weddynge (howus K., hous P.), idem quod brydale howse, supra.
1483 Cath. Angl. 412/1 A Weddyng howse, nuptorium.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 31 Willy was late at a Wedding house, Where Lords and Ladies danc'd all arow.
† wedding kirk door n. Obsolete = wedding door n.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > door > [noun] > at which weddings were performed
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > door at which couples were married
wedding door1470
wedding kirk door1530
wedding church door1560
1530 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 137 He was found in the vedding kirk dur with his bonat on his heid.
† wedding-knives n. Obsolete ? a pair of knives worn at the girdle by a bride.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > wedding garment(s) > girdle > knives worn at
wedding-knives1596
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D4v Here by my side doth hang my wedding knifes.
1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London v. ii. 54 See at my Girdle hang my wedding kniues.
wedding-knot n. (a) figurative the bond of matrimony; (b) Nautical a tie for uniting the looped ends of two ropes (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > marriage or wedding bond
knota1225
benda1250
spousing bandc1275
God's banda1425
marriage bond1595
marriage knot1595
marriage noosec1600
noosec1600
marriage tie1664
bridal knot1679
marriage chain1679
the shackles1780
wedding-knot1902
1902 ‘Roma White’ Backsheesh iii. 33 Of course, from the British Public point of view the Moslem wedding knot is not altogether respectable.
wedding list n. a list of acceptable wedding gifts for guests to consult and act upon.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > wedding gift > list of
wedding list1981
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > gift > list of acceptable gifts
wedding list1981
1981 Times 7 Mar. (Bride & Home Suppl.) p. vi/1 Today's brides..confine romance to their wedding dress and..Roneo their less personal requirements... The stores still keeping wedding lists do provide a valuable service.
wedding-march n. a march (Mendelssohn's, if not otherwise specified) composed for performance at a wedding.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > wedding march
wedding-march1850
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > march
march1588
dead march1603
funeral march1633
death march1762
quickstepc1790
quick march1791
wedding-march1850
1850 J. Benedict Sketches Life Mendelssohn 42 The gorgeous Wedding-march.
1903 J. L. Allen Mettle of Pasture i. ii. 33 The loud crash of the wedding march closed their separate pasts with a single melody.
† wedding-monger n. Obsolete one who is busied about a wedding.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > one busied about a wedding
wedding-monger1671
1671 J. Caryll Sir Salomon ii. 29 By that time the Lawyers, the Taylers, the Semstresses, and riming Poets, with the rest of the Wedding-Mongers, will have all things in readiness.
wedding party n. the assemblage of persons at a wedding.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > wedding group or party
weddinger1802
bride-people1816
wedding group1861
wedding party1873
1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House IV. xlvii. 340 The blow was known to all that sad wedding party.
1877 W. S. Gilbert Engaged (?1883) ii. 31 I have ordered four flys for the wedding party.
1979 J. Gardner Nostradamus Traitor xxxv. 165 Another alert. This time the wedding party had to take shelter.
wedding reception n. a party at which the wedding guests are formally greeted and entertained after the marriage ceremony; cf. reception n. 1d.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > party after wedding
wedding reception1871
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > reception
wedding reception1871
1871 A. J. Munby Diary 4 Nov. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 299 We, Council and Students..offered this evening a wedding reception to Litchfield and his bride.
1965 W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags 219 We had arrived at Doreen's sister's wedding-reception about an hour ago and by now we were all half stung.
1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline xlv. 374 After the ceremony there was a wedding reception at the Baur-au-Lac.
wedding-ring n. a ring, usually of plain gold, placed by the bridegroom on the third finger of the bride's left hand as part of the ceremony, and worn by her ever after; a ring similarly presented by the bride to the bridegroom, and worn afterwards by him; also attributive and figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > betrothal or wedding-ring
wedding-ringc1386
engagement ring1861
plight-ring1875
wedding band1946
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > marriage or wedding bond > ring as token of
wedding-ringc1386
marrying ring1504
marriage ring1568
band1671
bridal ring1717
bride ring1810
church-ring1856
wedding band1946
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 812 And heere agayn my clothyng I restoore, And eek my weddyng ryng.
a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Kk2v The same holie Ghost, who is..the earnest pennie of saluation, the wedding ring of grace.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 140 Wouldst thou not..from my false hand cut the wedding ring ? View more context for this quotation
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 41 The sand about us seemes to be our wedding Ring, and the riches of the Sea our Dowrie.
1704 M. Prior To Young Gent. in Love 70 The Moral of the Tale I sing (A Posy for a Wedding Ring).
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvii. 270 The only article of ornament of which she stands possessed appears to be her wedding ring.
a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 74 His mother..with her wedding-ring waist and bust like a black-clothed dining-table suffers in her stays.
1980 Quilt World Sept. 23/1 Sheri's mother feels that it is a single wedding ring quilt because when four blocks are pieced together a ring is formed.
wedding-sheet n. a sheet laid on the bridal bed and sometimes kept to form a shroud for the bride at her death.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed > sheet
wedding-sheeta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 108 Preethee to night Lay on my bed our wedding sheetes, remember.
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. i. viii. 92 Her wedding-sheet, which, according to the primitive fashion of the district, had been carefully laid by for that purpose, was formed into the shroud which enveloped her remains.
wedding shower n. chiefly North American a party given for a person who is about to get married, at which he or she receives gifts from friends and relatives (cf. shower n.1 4b); spec. = bridal shower n. at bridal adj. Compounds.
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1903 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 23 Sept. 6/ Enthusiastic friends are making plans for the wedding showers and attendant festivities.
1949 Los Angeles Times Home Mag. 8 May 14/3 Wedding showers..are a particularly warmhearted American custom.
1995 Vogue Dec. 136/1 I was home recently when a friend from high school had a wedding shower.

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wedding rehearsal n.
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1856 Godey's Lady's Bk. Aug. 132/1 At present I cannot take into consideration any proposals for my hand that are to be followed by wedding rehearsals.
2008 Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 19 Oct. 12 e The groom's parents hosted a dinner at the Crest Center for the wedding party, family, and friends after the wedding rehearsal.

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wedding tackle n. colloquial a man's genitals; (also) those of an animal.In quot. 1694 probably simply ‘the outfit in which one gets married’ (cf. tackle n. 1), although used in a sexually suggestive context.
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1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 i. i. 8 I'll go presently, and get ready my Wedding-Tackle—and to morrow go to Church and say the words—and then at night, Vather-in-law—at night—oh Lord, ha, ha, ha, ha.]
1968 A. Kent To Glory we Steer 193 But watch out for your wedding-tackle! A woman'll forgive much, but lose that lot and you might as well be food for the fish!
1996 ikon Jan. 18/2 Unlike top flat racers who are packed off to stud after two seasons, jumpers are relieved of their wedding tackle and gallop on year after year.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Mar. (Styles section) 10/2 ‘Getting naked..is such a rush.’.. ‘What are you doing showing your wedding tackle on the cover of a magazine?’

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wedding planner n. (a) a person who plans and organizes a wedding or weddings, (now) spec. a person who does this as a profession; (b) a book, journal, etc., designed to assist a person in planning a wedding.
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1947 Irish Times 1 Sept. 5/6 Both the King and Princess Elizabeth have told the wedding planners that any great display would be out of keeping with the seriousness of the present economic situation.
1955 Anniston (Alabama) Star 9 Oct. 10 a/5 (advt.) Columbia Diamond Ring Wedding Planner..it's free! Wedding Etiquette, Clothes, Plans for the Wedding itself.
1985 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 14 Apr. e6/3 To make the occasion last, wedding planners recommend a professional photographer.
2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Mar. b16 It has issued a wedding planner for couples packed with to-do lists..and other tips and checklists.
2014 J. S. Moran How to start Home-based Wedding Planning Business i. 2 A wedding planner is called on to source out the elements that an engaged couple dreams about.
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