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Definition of Nuptials
1. Noun. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
Generic synonyms: Ceremonial, Ceremonial Occasion, Ceremony, Observance
Derivative terms: Wed
Definition of Nuptials
1. Noun. wedding ceremony ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nuptials
1. nuptial [n] - See also: nuptial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuptials
Literary usage of Nuptials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... neither will we praise the verses of Aeschylus in which Thetis says that Apollo
at her nuptials ' Was celebrating in song her fair progeny whose days ..."
2. History of the Dominion of the Arabs in Spain by José Antonio Conde (1854)
"In the spring of this year the nuptials of ... Almanzor when the latter went to
ask his permission to celebrate these nuptials therein. ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians: Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1774)
"... and is killed at- tht nuptials, • f |"NH E battle of ... upon occasion of the
nuptials, and in the heat of whir, K 5 Attalus, ..."
4. Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Emanuel Swedenborg, John Curtis Ager (1914)
"(6) After the nuptials, the first conjunction is through affection for knowing,
... By the nuptials is meant man's state after birth, from a state of ..."
5. The delights of wisdom concerning conjugial love: after which follow the by Emanuel Swedenborg (1794)
"But Je/us an/wering, /aid unto them, The fans of tbis age marry (make nuptials)
and are given in marriage (given to nuptials), ..."
6. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain René Le Sage (1854)
"Make no preparation for your nuptials, but leave that to our care." In compliance
with their desire, I returned to my house; and making Basil and his ..."
7. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1865)
"... PICTURE OF THE nuptials OF ALEXANDER AND ROXANA. ... gained so much applause
by his picture, representing the nuptials of Alexander and ..."
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