nuptial

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

NUP'TIAL, adjective [Latin , to marry.] 1. Pertaining to marriage; done at a wedding; as nuptial rites and ceremonies; nuptial torch. 2. Constituting marriage; as the nuptial knot or band. The Bible has mitigated the horrors of war; it has given effectual obligation to the nuptial vow.
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