'Bride' definitions:
Definition of 'bride'
(from WordNet)
noun
A woman who has recently been married
noun
Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
noun
A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Definition of 'Bride'
From: GCIDE
- Bride \Bride\, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bride'
From: GCIDE
- Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br[=y]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D. bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
- 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. [1913 Webster]
- Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. --Lyttleton. [1913 Webster]
- I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev. xxi. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. [1913 Webster]
- Bride of the sea, the city of Venice. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bride'
From: Easton
- Bride frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13).