English Dictionary: Bride' | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Bride' | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bride \Bride\, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br[ymac]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[umac]d, D. bruid, OHG. pr[umac]t, br[umac]t, G. braut, Icel. br[umac][edh]r, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[umac][thorn]s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.] 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. --Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev. xxi. 9. 2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. {Bride of the sea}, the city of Venice. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bride frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13). |