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nuptials

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nuptials
Noun, pl
a wedding
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Noun1.nuptialsnuptials - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
hymeneals, wedding, wedding ceremony
ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
nuptials
plural noun 1. (sometimes singular) wedding, marriage, matrimony, espousal (archaic)
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WE have hitherto had so much to relate of a gloomy and disastrous nature, that it is with a feeling of momentary relief we turn to something of a more pleasing complexion, and record the first, and indeed only nuptials in high life that took place in the infant settlement of Astoria.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said, "Fly off and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.
Fables by Aesop View in context
The marriage of a daughter, which had been the first object of her wishes since Jane was sixteen, was now on the point of accomplishment, and her thoughts and her words ran wholly on those attendants of elegant nuptials, fine muslins, new carriages, and servants.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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