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hymeneal

[ hahy-muh-nee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to marriage.


noun

  1. Archaic. marriage song.

hymeneal

/ ËŒ³ó²¹Éª³¾É›Ëˆ²Ô¾±ËÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. poetic.
    of or relating to marriage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a wedding song or poem
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôh²â·³¾±ð·²Ô±ða±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hymeneal1

1595–1605; < Latin hymenae ( us ) (< Greek ³ó²â³¾Ã©²Ô²¹¾±´Ç²õ wedding song, equivalent to Hymen Hymen + -aios pertaining to) + -al 1
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There lies the fatal weakness of all this frenzy over liberty and this hymeneal chanting of sky and ocean; it has no basis in the homely facts of the heart.

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Since that time their happiness has never had the least interruption; except from the hymeneal expedition of my friend Henry.

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The arena allotted for this hymeneal contest, was a level space in front of the village-inn, and near the centre of a grass-plat, reserved in the midst of the village denominated "the green."

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She listened to the hymeneal god, who, attended by nymphs, stepped forward and, to the accompaniment of sweet music, sang a wedding-song specially composed for the occasion.

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This contribution of Swinburne's,—the hymeneal touch,—and Murray's discovery that the word God could be introduced with effect anywhere, went like wildfire over England.

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