epithalamium

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EPITHALA'MIUM EPITHAL'AMY , noun [Gr. a bed-chamber.] A nuptial song or poem, in praise of the bride and bridegroom, and praying for their prosperity. The forty fifth Psalm is an epithalamium to Christ and the church.
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