nuptial
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The Ancient Greek and Roman elite held multi-day nuptial feasts, a tradition that was carried into the Middle Ages when weddings served as important political and social transactions between countries and kingdoms.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024
It means an increase in nuptial demands that requires beefed-up staffing at venues, additional limousines, a pop-up Clark County Marriage License Bureau and extra Elvis Presley impersonators.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
When a male roach targets a female roach, he will back up to her, secreting a solution called a nuptial gift from the tergal gland under his wings.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
But the perfect wedding day almost didn’t come together for two families who traveled to the island for nuptial festivities that almost got derailed by Hurricane Ian’s landfall and aftermath.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing nuptial
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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