nuptial
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The Ancient Greek and Roman elite held multi-day nuptial feasts, a tradition that was carried into the Middle Ages when weddings served as important political and social transactions between countries and kingdoms.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024
Instead of producing nuptial gifts containing more maltose, they produced ones that contained a more complex sugar, maltotriose.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
But the perfect wedding day almost didn’t come together for two families who traveled to the island for nuptial festivities that almost got derailed by Hurricane Ian’s landfall and aftermath.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
Knight and Rodriguez join a growing list of pop culture figures who have kept their nuptial news quiet.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022
She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing nuptial
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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