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Hymeneal

adjective
1.
Of or relating to a wedding or marriage.





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"Hymeneal" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Hand; Charmante, Bellemante; two of the Singers in white being Priests, they lead 'em to the Altar, the whole Company dividing on either side. Where, while a Hymeneal Song is sung, the Priest joins their Hands: The Song ended, and they marry'd, they come forth; but before they come forward, two Chariots descend one on one side above, and the other on the other side; in which is Harlequin dress'd like a Mock ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III • Aphra Behn
... Whisper ye winds, that Huncamunca's mine! Echoes repeat, that Huncamunca's mine! The dreadful bus'ness of the war is o'er, And beauty, heav'nly beauty! crowns my toils! I've thrown the bloody garment now aside And hymeneal sweets ...
— Miscellanies, Volume 2 (from Works, Volume 12) • Henry Fielding
... uncivilized days, the Marriage Act had not been passed, and there was no convenient hymeneal registrar in England to change a vagabond runaway couple into a respectable man and wife at a moment's notice. The trouble and expense of taking Mrs. Baggs with us, I encountered, of course, solely out of regard for Alicia's natural ...
— A Rogue's Life • Wilkie Collins


Words linked to "Hymeneal" :   wedding, marriage, hymn, anthem


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