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hymeneal

 
Dictionary: hy·me·ne·al   (hī'mə-nē'əl) pronunciation
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adj.
Of or relating to a wedding or marriage.

n.
  1. A wedding song or poem.
  2. hymeneals Archaic. A wedding; nuptials.

[From Latin hymenaeus, wedding song, wedding, from Greek humenaios, from Humēn, Hymen, from humēn, membrane. See hymen.]

hymeneally hy'me·ne'al·ly adv.

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adjective

    Of, relating to, or typical of marriage: conjugal, connubial, marital, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded. See marriage/unmarried.

 
 
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