nuptials

nup·tial

N0195600 (nŭp′shəl, -chəl)adj.1. Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony.2. Of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season: the nuptial plumage of male birds.n. often nuptials A wedding ceremony.

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[Middle English nupcialle, from Old French nuptial, from Latin nūptiālis, from nūptiae, wedding, from nūpta, feminine past participle of nūbere, to take a husband.]

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nup′tial·ly adv.

nuptials

(ˈnʌpʃəlz; -tʃəlz) pl n (sometimes singular) a marriage ceremony; wedding

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nuptials - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performedhymeneals, wedding, wedding ceremonyceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

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