No, a bridesmaid and a maid of honor are not the same thing. A maid of honor is a higher role than that of a bridesmaid; consider a maid of honor to be for the bride what the best man is for the groom. The maid of honor is typically responsible for assisting the bride with anything during the wedding planning process and is most notable for planning and paying for the bachelorette party. The maid of honor is also responsible for helping with the bridal shower (though bridesmaids are expected to help with the bridal shower, too). Finally, the maid of honor is responsible for making a speech at the wedding reception.
A maid of honour is an unmarried friend/family member that acts as your head bridesmaid. A Matron is a married friend/family member acting as your head bridesmaid.
maids of honors are bridesmaids just like the bestman is still a groomsman but maids of honor are just that maids of HONOR. the brides best friend
There is no difference, they are different names for the same role.
Maid is not married. Matron married.
A chef bridesmaid is unmarried and a maid of honour is married.
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A chief bridesmaid is the maid or matron of honor. You can have one of each, and as many additional bridesmaids as you want--there are no rules. However, too many can look ridiculous and make taking pictures difficult.
You do not ask to be a bridesmaid. It is up to the bride to choose who she wants in her wedding party such as maid of honor and bridesmaids.
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Typically and traditionally in the Western World it is usually the maid of honor who stands next to the bride, followed by the bridesmaids. The term maid of honor is given to an unmarried woman, (if the woman is married she is referred to as the matron of honor), chosen by the bride to be her chief bridesmaid.
A maiden of honor is simply an unmarried bridesmaid or a girl who helps at the wedding similar to a maid of honor. Matron of honor is a married Maid of honor.
I dare to attempt to initiate an answer though I am not an expert on this subject. It appears that the phrase 'Chief guest' does not exist at all. It is actually 'Guest of Honor' who addresses at the gathering and officially opens a formal function concluding his speech. In a sense 'Chief guest' and the 'Guest of honor' are one and the same. Then why the question of difference between these two words arises. After searching the net for a possible answer I noticed that Chief Guest is not used any where except in India. So, in Indian context 'Chief Guest' is equivalent to 'Guest of honor'. They use Chief Guest in the sense of 'Guest of honor'. If that is all it would have not been a problem. But the real confusion arises as both 'Chief Guest' and 'Guest of honor' are being used by Indians for showing some differentiation among the guests invited particularly when there are more number of guests to a formal function. Since they can not call every one of these eminent personalities invited to the function a 'Chief Guest', it might have been practice in India to use 'Guest of honor' for other eminent people than 'Chief Guests' to show respect. The 'Chief Guest' in India enjoys/assumes the role what 'Guest of honor' enjoys/assumes else where. And the 'Guest of Honor' is used in India only to give some importance to the guest invited to the function but nothing else and it should not be confused with 'Guest of Honor' used out of India.
You should speak to the mother of the bride to find out if you could give a bridal shower for your niece even though your daughter is a bridesmaid. Generally it is the Maid of Honor (single woman) or Matron of Honor (married woman) or one of the bridesmaids that give a shower for the bride.
This is definitely an opinion question, but I am the wedding coordinator for my church. Generally, one leads off with the junior bridesmaid, then the "regular" bridesmaids, maid or matron of honor, the the ring-bearer and flower-girl just before the bride. This is not set in stone. For example, if the junior bridesmaid is the big sister of younger attendants, then put her after the other bridesmaids (but before the maid/matron of honor) so she can help keep them calm and focused. If your bridesmaids are walking in with escorts, the junior bridesmaid can go before or after if she's paired up with someone. If she's not paired up, then I'd put her first.
In most cases, the bouquet is handed to the Bridesmaid or Maid of Honor after her father gives her away and she is standing beside her groom at the altar. In some cases, she holds onto her bouquet throughout the entire ceremony.