hymeneal
Example Sentences
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In 1763 he removed to Fredericksburg, Va. where he enhanced his importance in society by leading Isabella Gordon to the hymeneal altar.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
Swinburne expresses his Hellenic longings by his hymeneal strains, Matthew Arnold by sweetness and light, Gilbert Murray by sweetness and pathos—and all through the divine right of Victorian expansion.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
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 Henrietta Haynes
A splendid train of eunuchs and officers issued, in hymeneal pomp, from the gates of the palace, bearing aloft the diadem, the robes and the inestimable ornaments of the future empress.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
Suddenly the willows sparkled with diamonds, the grey river became a sheet of silver, the sedge warbler fluted his hymeneal note, and other warblers joined in the chorus.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
