'Nuptials' definitions:
Definition of 'nuptials'
From: WordNet
noun
The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals]
Definition of 'Nuptials'
From: GCIDE
- Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. Nuptials (n[u^]p"shalz). Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nuptials'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banns,
- bridal,
- bridal suite,
- bridechamber,
- chuppah,
- church wedding,
- civil ceremony,
- civil wedding,
- elopement,
- epithalamium,
- espousals,
- espousement,
- forced marriage,
- Gretna Green wedding,
- honeymoon,
- hymen,
- hymeneal,
- hymeneal rites,
- marriage,
- nuptial apartment,
- nuptial mass,
- nuptial song,
- prothalamium,
- saffron veil,
- shotgun wedding,
- spousal,
- spousals,
- wedding,
- wedding canopy,
- wedding song,
- wedding veil