hymeneal

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By numbers sought,—averse alike to all; Impatient of their suit, through forests wild, And groves, in maiden ignorance she roams; Nor cares for Cupid, nor hymeneal rites, Nor soft connubial joys.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

There are, we take it, about three ways which lead to what the provincial reporter delights to term “the hymeneal altar.”

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

Since that time their happiness has never had the least interruption; except from the hymeneal expedition of my friend Henry.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia

She listened to the hymeneal god, who, attended by nymphs, stepped forward and, to the accompaniment of sweet music, sang a wedding-song specially composed for the occasion.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

Do you not recollect that eighteen years have run their circuit since we pledged our mutual faith to each other, and the hymeneal torch was lighted at the altar of Love?

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail