hymeneal

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In 1763 he removed to Fredericksburg, Va. where he enhanced his importance in society by leading Isabella Gordon to the hymeneal altar.

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

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."

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

Suddenly the willows sparkled with diamonds, the grey river became a sheet of silver, the sedge warbler fluted his hymeneal note, and other warblers joined in the chorus.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley

Men will stand mateless, and the ruins of the hymeneal altars everywhere crumble mournfully away, and be known to tradition only by their vanishing inscriptions: "To the unknown god."

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

They completed their walk to the house of the hymeneal merrymaking in a bitter silence, both very miserable.

From True and Other Stories by Lathrop, George Parsons