Nuptial

  • 21nuptial — [[t]nʌ̱pʃ(ə)l[/t]] nuptials 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Nuptial is used to refer to things relating to a wedding or to marriage. [OLD FASHIONED] I went to the room which he had called the nuptial chamber. Syn: marital 2) N PLURAL: usu with poss Someone s… …

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  • 22nuptial — adjective formal or humorous connected with marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day | nuptial bliss …

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  • 23nuptial — /ˈnʌptʃəl/ (say nupchuhl), /ˈnʌptʃuəl/ (say nupchoohuhl) adjective 1. of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day. 2. Zoology of or relating to mating, especially a first mating: the nuptial flight of an insect. –noun 3.… …

  • 24nuptial — I. adjective Etymology: Latin nuptialis, from nuptiae, plural, wedding, from nubere to marry; perhaps akin to Greek nymphē bride, nymph Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony 2. characteristic of or occurring in …

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  • 25nuptial — nup|tial [ nʌpʃəl ] adjective FORMAL concerning marriages or weddings: a nuptial mass …

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  • 26nuptial — adjective our nuptial vows Syn: matrimonial, marital, marriage, wedding, conjugal, bridal; married, wedded; literary connubial; Law spousal …

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  • 27nuptial — adj 1. wedding, bridal, hymeneal, spousai, matrimonial, marital, connubial, conjugal, wedded. n 2.Usu. nuptials wedding or wedding ceremony, marriage or marriage ceremony, matrimony, bridal, Class. Myth.Nymphaea, spousals, espousals, (among the… …

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  • 28nuptial — UK [ˈnʌpʃ(ə)l] / US [ˈnʌpʃəl] adjective formal concerning marriages or weddings a nuptial mass …

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  • 29nuptial — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to marriage or weddings. n. (usu. in pl.) a wedding. Etymology: F nuptial or L nuptialis f. nuptiae wedding f. nubere nupt wed …

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  • 30Nuptial Mass — • Missa pro sponso et sponsa , the last among the votive Masses in the Missal. It is composed of lessons and chants suitable to the Sacrament of Matrimony, contains prayers for persons just married and is interwoven with part of the marriage rite …

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