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Wedding ceremony   /wˈɛdɪŋ sˈɛrəmˌoʊni/   Listen
Wedding ceremony

noun
1.
The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.  Synonyms: hymeneals, nuptials, wedding.






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"Wedding ceremony" Quotes from Famous Books



... present, and she was therefore not in any personal alarm. But, as she was to be married on the following Wednesday, the delay was certainly inconvenient to a more than ordinary degree, since it would leave less than a day's interval between her arrival and the wedding ceremony. ...
— Victorian Short Stories, - Stories Of Successful Marriages • Elizabeth Gaskell, et al.

... [I have noted, by the way, that this game is more popular with girls than with boys]; wedding ceremony hastily performed—so hastily, it were more descriptive to say 'taken for granted'—within the circle; the dancers, who join hands and ...
— On The Art of Reading • Arthur Quiller-Couch

... of labor. His parents, Mrs. Seneca Davis, the Wiggin family, brothers and sisters, and some friends were present. He was a little opposed to this idea, but Lillian wanted it. He stood up straight and correct in black broadcloth for the wedding ceremony—because she wished it, but later changed to a smart business suit for traveling. He had arranged his affairs for a two weeks' trip to New York and Boston. They took an afternoon train for New York, which required five hours to reach. When they were finally alone in the Astor House, New ...
— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser

... is a good plan for the bride to give to the maid of honor and brides-maids her souvenirs, which, of course, should be alike, and of use at the wedding ceremony. ...
— The Book of Good Manners • W. C. Green



Words linked to "Wedding ceremony" :   ceremony, wedding, observance, ceremonial occasion, hymeneals, ceremonial



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