hymeneal

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But when that her heart was all his own, his love grew cold, and, turning from her, he refused to fulfil his plighted troth and lead her to the hymeneal altar.

From Rossmoyne by Unknown

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

The marriage was nearly all that a marriage should be when a Lady Anna is led to the hymeneal altar.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

There lies the fatal weakness of all this frenzy over liberty and this hymeneal chanting of sky and ocean; it has no basis in the homely facts of the heart.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

What would the world say when it should have become known that he intended to lead Lady Frances to the "hymeneal altar?"

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony