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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEDDING, ppr. Marrying; uniting with in matrimony.
WEDDING, n. Marriage; nuptials; nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities.
Let her beauty be her wedding dower.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals]
2: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony]
3: a party of people at a wedding [syn: wedding, wedding party]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities ; nuptials 2. an act, process, or instance of joining in close association 3. a wedding anniversary or its celebration — usually used in combination <a golden wedding>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a marriage ceremony (considered by itself or with the associated celebrations). Phrases and idioms: wedding breakfast a meal etc. usually served between a wedding and the departure for the honeymoon. wedding cake a rich iced cake served at a wedding reception. wedding day the day or anniversary of a wedding. wedding march a march played at the entrance of the bride or the exit of the couple at a wedding. wedding night the night after a wedding (esp. with ref. to its consummation). wedding ring a ring worn by a married person. Etymology: OE weddung (as WED, -ING(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wedding Wed"ding, n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. --Longfellow. Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends. Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc. Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak. Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wed Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[eth]ja, Dan. vedde, Sw. v["a]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[=o]n to betroth. See Wed, n.] 1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse. With this ring I thee wed. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. I saw thee first, and wedded thee. --Milton. 2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock. And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her. --Milton. 3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly. Thou art wedded to calamity. --Shak. Men are wedded to their lusts. --Tillotson. [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age. --Cowper. 4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.] They positively and concernedly wedded his cause. --Clarendon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(weddings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A wedding is a marriage ceremony and the party or special meal that often takes place after the ceremony. Most Britons want a traditional wedding. ...a wedding present. ...the couple's 22nd wedding anniversary. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

See MARRIAGE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Marriage, nuptials, espousals, bridal, marriage ceremony, nuptial rites.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The emptying of a neoessary-hovise, particularly in London. You have been at an Irish wedding, where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to one who has a black eye.

Foolish Dictionary

A trade in which the bride is generally given away, and the groom is often sold.

Moby Thesaurus

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