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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUP'TIAL, a. [L., to marry.]
1. Pertaining to marriage; done at a wedding; as nuptial rites and ceremonies; nuptial torch.
2. Constituting marriage; as the nuptial knot or band.
The Bible has mitigated the horrors of war; it has given effectual obligation to the nuptial vow.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows" [syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin nuptialis, from nuptiae, plural, wedding, from nubere to marry; perhaps akin to Greek nymph? bride, nymph Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony 2. characteristic of or occurring in the breeding season <nuptial flight> II. noun Date: circa 1555 marriage, wedding — usually used in plural

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to marriage or weddings. --n. (usu. in pl.) a wedding. Etymology: F nuptial or L nuptialis f. nuptiae wedding f. nubere nupt- wed

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nuptial Nup"tial, a. [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. ? bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial.] Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nuptial Nup"tial, n.; pl. Nuptials. Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. --Shak. Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. --Prescott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nuptials) 1. Nuptial is used to refer to things relating to a wedding or to marriage. (OLD-FASHIONED) I went to the room which he had called the nuptial chamber. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Someone's nuptials are their wedding celebrations. (OLD-FASHIONED) She became immersed in planning her nuptials. = wedding N-PLURAL: usu with poss

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Bridal, hymeneal.

Moby Thesaurus

amorous, bridal, carnal, conjugal, connubial, epithalamic, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fleshly, gamic, heterosexual, husbandly, hymeneal, libidinal, marital, married, matrimonial, oversexed, potent, procreative, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, spousal, straight, undersexed, venereal, voluptuous, wedded, wedding, wifely