nuptial

Word family

nup·tial /ˈnʌpʃəl/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] formal

MARRYrelating to marriage or the marriage ceremony 婚姻的，结婚的；婚礼的 → wedding

a nuptial mass

婚礼弥撒

nuptial bliss

婚姻美满

Examples from the Corpus

nuptial• Two maids were making up our nuptial bed, smoothing the white linen with their dark hands.• Name the day, bride in white, radiant, nuptial Mass.• The bride and groom returned together to the front seat for the nuptial Mass.• Explosive breeders also show a further adaptation to male competition - the development of enlarged nuptial pads on their hands.• The implication is that males need maintain high levels of vigilance only when in nuptial plumage.• Victoria called a sidebar of her closest allies, urging them to replace nuptial sentiment with hard political decisiveness.• nuptial vows

Origin nuptial

(1400-1500) Latin nuptialis, from nubere “to marry”

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