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nuptial

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nup·tial  (npshl, -chl)
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.
A wedding ceremony. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English nupcialle, from Old French nuptial, from Latin nptilis, from nptiae, wedding, from npta, feminine past participle of nbere, to take a husband.]

nuptial·ly adv.

nuptial [ˈnʌpʃəl -tʃəl]
adj
1. relating to marriage; conjugal nuptial vows
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology of or relating to mating the nuptial flight of a queen bee
[from Latin nuptiālis, from nuptiae marriage, from nubere to marry]
nuptially  adv

nuptial - From Latin nuptiae, "wedding," from nubere, "to marry."
See also related terms for wedding.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nuptial - of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"

nuptial
adjective
marital, wedding, wedded, bridal, matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, hymeneal (poetic) He had referred to the room as the nuptial chamber.
plural noun
wedding, marriage, matrimony, espousal (archaic) couples who never go near a church but insist on their nuptials being celebrated with a traditional church ceremony
Translations
nuptial [ˈnʌpʃəl] ADJnupcial

nuptial [ˈnʌpʃəl] adjnuptial(e)

nuptial
adj blissehelich; nuptial celebrationsHochzeitsfeier f; nuptial vowsEhegelöbnis ntor -gelübde nt; the nuptial day (hum)der Hochzeitstag
n nuptials
pl (hum, liter) the nuptialsdie Hochzeit f

nuptial [ˈnʌpʃl] adjnuziale

nuptial
adj nuptial [ˈnapʃəl]
of marriage. huweliksverwant زَواجي، زِفافي، عُرْسي брачен svatební bryllups- Hochzeits-... γαμήλιος nupcial abielu-, pulma- وابلسته بعروسى hää- nuptial שֶׁל נִישוּאִין विवाह संबंधी svadben,vjenčani lakodalmi perkawinan brúðkaups- nuziale 結婚の 결혼(식)의 vedybų, vedybinis laulību-; kāzu- perkahwinan huwelijks{#169} bryllups- ślubny, małżeński nupcial nupţial брачный, свадебный svadobný poročen svadbeni äktenskaplig, bröllops- เกี่ยวกับการแต่งงาน evliliğe ait 婚姻的 шлюбний, весільний شادي سے متعلق thuộc về lễ cưới


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When a family is complete, it consists of freemen and slaves; but as in every subject we should begin with examining into the smallest parts of which it consists, and as the first and smallest parts of a family are the master and slave, the husband and wife, the father and child, let us first inquire into these three, what each of them may be, and what they ought to be; that is to say, the herile, the nuptial, and the paternal.
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth, and embaseth it.
Her bridal adornments, it is true, at first caused some little dismay, having painted and anointed herself for the occasion according to the Chinook toilet; by dint, however, of copious ablutions, she was freed from all adventitious tint and fragrance, and entered into the nuptial state, the cleanest princess that had ever been known, of the somewhat unctuous tribe of the Chinooks.
 
 
 
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