hymeneal
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The singing of a hymeneal song in connection with the wedding festivities was a very ancient custom among the Greeks.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
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 Charles Greville
Thus was this exceptional hymeneal performance decided upon, and at eleven o’clock on Wednesday, the 6th of June, the marriage service was performed.
From The Associate Hermits by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
This contribution of Swinburne's,—the hymeneal touch,—and Murray's discovery that the word God could be introduced with effect anywhere, went like wildfire over England.
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
