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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nuptial \Nup"tial\ (n[u^]p"shal), adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nuptial \Nup"tial\, noun; pl. {Nuptials} (n[u^]p"shalz). 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nuptial
adjective: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows" [syn: {bridal}, {spousal}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuptial": 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
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