wedding

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WEDDING, participle present tense Marrying; uniting with in matrimony. WEDDING, noun Marriage; nuptials; nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities. Let her beauty be her wedding dower.
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