'Wedding' definitions:

Definition of 'wedding'

(from WordNet)
noun
The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals]
noun
The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony]
noun
A party of people at a wedding [syn: wedding, wedding party]

Definition of 'Wedding'

From: GCIDE
  • Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v[aum]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. [1913 Webster]
  • With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. [1913 Webster]
  • And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wedding'

From: GCIDE
  • Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. [1913 Webster]
  • Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage. [1913 Webster]