Nuptial \Nup"tial\ (n[u^]p"shal), a. [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae
marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to
veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered
with a veil; cf. Gr. ? bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial.]
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as,
nuptial rites and ceremonies.
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Then, all in heat,
They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. Nuptials (n[u^]p"shalz).
Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the
plural.
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Celebration of that nuptial, which
We two have sworn shall come. --Shak.
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Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials.
--Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nuptial
adj : of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial
day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"
[syn: bridal, spousal]
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuptial":
amorous, bridal, carnal, conjugal, connubial, epithalamic,
erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fleshly, gamic,
heterosexual, husbandly, hymeneal, libidinal, marital, married,
matrimonial, oversexed, potent, procreative, sensual, sex, sexed,
sexlike, sexual, sexy, spousal, straight, undersexed, venereal,
voluptuous, wedded, wedding, wifely
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bridal, spousal
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