hymeneal

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Between the pretensions of one man, the reluctance of another, and the hymeneal occupation of the leader the matter hobbled on very slowly.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles

Just now his appearance—neat, shabby, pathetic, the superior workingman in his long-preserved, threadbare Sunday clothes—introduced disturbing notes into the swelling hymeneal chant to which Claude felt himself to be marching.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

To my dark lot no bridal joys Belong, nor e’er the jocund noise p. 50Of hymeneal chant shall sound for me, But death, cold death, my only spouse shall be.

From Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 by Kingsley, Charles

"To lead his fianc�e, a B�rgerm�dchen there, to the hymeneal altar," concluded Hermann, not the least disturbed.

From Herman A Novel by Werner, E.

The marriage was nearly all that a marriage should be when a Lady Anna is led to the hymeneal altar.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony