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Epithalamium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A lyric ode in honor of a bride and bridegroom.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A song or poem celebrating a marriage.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A nuptial song or poem; a poem in honor of a newly married person or pair, in praise of and invoking blessings upon its subject or subjects.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom

Word Usage

"Ennodius, deacon of Milan under Theodoric and later Bishop of Pavia, inveighed against the impious person who carried a statue of Minerva to a disorderly house, and himself under pretext of an "epithalamium" wrote light and trivial verses."

Variant

epithalamia

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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