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English Dictionary: Wedding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wedding
n
  1. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
    Synonym(s): wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
  2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
    Synonym(s): marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony
  3. a party of people at a wedding
    Synonym(s): wedding, wedding party
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wed \Wed\, v. t. [imp. {Wedded}; p. p. {Wedded} or {Wed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Wedding}.] [OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant,
      promise, to wed, marry; akin to OFries. weddia to promise, D.
      wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel. ve[edh]ja, Dan.
      vedde, Sw. v[84]dja to appeal, Goth. gawadj[omac]n to
      betroth. See {Wed}, n.]
      1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to
            marry; to espouse.
  
                     With this ring I thee wed.                  --Bk. of Com.
                                                                              Prayer.
  
                     I saw thee first, and wedded thee.      --Milton.
  
      2. To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
  
                     And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with
                     her.                                                   --Milton.
  
      3. Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of
            marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.
  
                     Thou art wedded to calamity.               --Shak.
  
                     Men are wedded to their lusts.            --Tillotson.
  
                     [Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      4. To take to one's self and support; to espouse. [Obs.]
  
                     They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.
                                                                              --Clarendon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wedding \Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.]
      Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.
  
               Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and
               of Boaz.                                                --Longfellow.
  
      Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have
               received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names.
               Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden
               wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the
               crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the
               twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the
               golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding.
               These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate
               presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given
               by friends.
  
      Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake,
               wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding
               feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc.
  
                        Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak.
  
      {Wedding favor}, a marriage favor. See under {Marriage}.
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