hymeneal

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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.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Always the same quiet, prim woman, ready at proper times to do her duty; to arrange hassocks at a christening, or to point out the positions for the actors at a hymeneal sacrifice.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

The singing of a hymeneal song in connection with the wedding festivities was a very ancient custom among the Greeks.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

These were commingled with those of an accomplished daughter of Alderman Bedford of Philadelphia and were consolidated in one at the hymeneal altar before he left the city of brotherly love.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

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

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia