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Definition of Prothalamium
1. Noun. A song in celebration of a marriage.
Definition of Prothalamium
1. Noun. epithalamium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prothalamium
1. [n -MIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothalamium
Literary usage of Prothalamium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Memorials of Wendell Phillips Garrison: Literary Editor of "The by Wendell Phillips Garrison (1909)
"... prothalamium How should we greet thee on thy bridal morn, This morn, that with
extended hands cries "Take, Receive, accept! " ere it has cried "Awake! ..."
2. The Elizabethan Lyric: A Study by John Erskine (1903)
"The prothalamium,3 published the same year, was written in honor of the double
wedding of the i Ibid., p. 599. ..."
3. The Elizabethan Lyric: A Study by John Erskine (1903)
"... and the prothalamium.2 The hymns are chiefly important for their subject-matter,
and belong properly to a study of Platonism rather than to a history of ..."
4. Echoes from East and West: To which are Added Stray Notes of Mine Own by Roby Datta (1909)
"... A prothalamium. A SECRET flash upon the lip— A flicker in the soul within— A
glistening ray athwart the eye Awaken'd by the jocund din- "A tender ..."
5. The Queen's Quair by Maurice Henry Hewlett (1904)
"CHAPTER XI prothalamium: VENUS WINS FAIR ADONIS MR. THOMAS RANDOLPH, Ambassador
of England to the Scottish Queen, told himself more than once that in ..."
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