'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]
Synonyms of 'wedding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- assimilation,
- association,
- banns,
- blend,
- blending,
- bridal,
- bridal suite,
- bridechamber,
- cabal,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- chuppah,
- church wedding,
- civil ceremony,
- civil wedding,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- composition,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- ecumenism,
- elopement,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- epithalamium,
- espousals,
- espousement,
- federalization,
- federation,
- forced marriage,
- fusion,
- Gretna Green wedding,
- honeymoon,
- hookup,
- hymen,
- hymeneal,
- hymeneal rites,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- junction,
- junta,
- league,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- nuptial apartment,
- nuptial mass,
- nuptial song,
- nuptials,
- package,
- package deal,
- prothalamium,
- saffron veil,
- shotgun wedding,
- solidification,
- spousal,
- spousals,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tie-up,
- unification,
- union,
- wedding canopy,
- wedding song,
- wedding veil
Words containing 'Wedding'
- Wed,
- Wedded,
- Golden wedding,
- Silver wedding,
- Wed hook,
- Wedding favor,
- Wooden wedding,
- diamond wedding,
- wedding anniversary,
- wedding band,
- wedding cake,
- wedding ceremony,
- wedding chest,
- wedding day,
- wedding dress,
- wedding gift,
- wedding gown,
- wedding guest,
- wedding licence,
- wedding license,
- wedding march,
- wedding night,
- wedding party,
- wedding picture,
- wedding present,
- wedding reception,
- wedding ring,
- diamond wedding anniversary,
- golden wedding anniversary,
- silver wedding anniversary