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

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

In the recent past, to which we continually flash back, a group of aging college friends go from nuptial to nuptial over the course of a summer, working out their individual romantic agendas.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2022

This was the great nuptial gift from the U.S. to the Congo—financing the construction of the Inga-Shaba.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver