nuptialadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnʌpʃl/,

/ˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English nupcyalle, 1500s nuptiale, 1500s–1600s nuptiall, 1500s–1600s nvptiall, 1500s– nuptial, 1600s numptiall (perhaps transmission error), 1600s nvptial; Scottish pre-1700 nuptiale, pre-1700 nuptiall, pre-1700 1700s– nuptial.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nuptial; Latin nuptiālis.

Etymology: < Middle French, French nuptial of or relating to marriage or a wedding (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French; also attested in Middle French as †nupcial (14th cent.); also attested in Middle French as noun in sense ‘a marriage, a wedding’ (second half of the 16th cent.)) or its etymon classical Latin nuptiālis of or relating to marriage or a wedding, in post-classical Latin also as noun in neuter plural nuptialia a marriage, a wedding (late second or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < nuptiae wedding ( < nupt- , past participial stem of nūbere to marry (see nubile adj.¹) + -iae , plural of -ia -ia suffix¹) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Catalan nupcial (1272), Italian nuziale (a1342; attested slightly earlier as †nupziale (a1340); also attested as †nuptiale (1399 or earlier)), Spanish nupcial (1515), Portuguese nupcial (17th cent.).With sense A. 3 compare French nuptial (in vol nuptial (1901 in the passage translated in quot. 1901 at sense A. 3)).

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to marriage or a wedding. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective]

bridelyOE

spousal?a1450

nuptial1490

espousal1583

sponsal1656

sponsalitious1656

internuptial1834

gamic1837

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 56 The goddesse Iuno, quene and patronesse of the commocyons nupcyalle.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Ded. sig. ⁋1 And see the luck, when he thought best to signifie his good will, to honor Hymeneus bed, at Nuptiall night, a clap of that he neuer feared did ende his lyfe.

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. L2 He that had not the nuptial garment, maketh this claime to be the sonne of God.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiii. 37 Those to celebrate marriages were called songs nuptiall or Epithalamies.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 154 Now I come to their nuptiall rites, their custome and manner of marriage is thus.

1649 C. Wase in tr. Sophocles Electra 3 While like the froward Miltonist, We our old Nuptiall knot untwist.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1194 I chose a Wife,..And in your City held my Nuptial Feast.

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 124 For this, when ripe for Marriage, he delay'd Her nuptial Bands, and kept her long a Maid.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 182. ⁋9 She..at last fixed the nuptial day.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 44 The priest chants the nuptial benediction.

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 125 The nuptial ceremony, the feast, and the funeral, would have appeared spiritless..without this accompaniment.

1891 J. Adam (title) The nuptial number of Plato.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxv. 610 Let the banns be called and I will compose a nuptial song.

1935 G. M. A. Richter & M. J. Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 5 Water was brought in it from the fountain Kallirrhoe for the nuptial bath.

1985 G. Naylor Linden Hills 86 I extend our warmest regards to the nuptial union of Mr. and Mrs. Winston Alcott.

†2. Joined in matrimony; married, wedded. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective]

wedded?a800

spousedc1300

weda1400

marriedc1400

boundenc1426

conjugate1471

nuptial?1585

yoked1607

continuous1642

wedlock-bound1667

coupled1672

conjugated1690

partnered1775

mated1821

attached1898

?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. D2 Your nuptial spouse, polifie and colocate those confracted arteries in right course.

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses i. 15 Loues equall flame To her he felt, as to his nuptiall Dame.

1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 52 The nuptiall Queens of this Realme, participating so much in the Regality of the Crowne.

3. Zoology. Of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the breeding season; esp. designating behaviour or coloration specific to the mating season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to mating

nuptial1840

epigamic1890

1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 280/1 Old Male and Female [Plover] in summer or nuptial plumage.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 248 A dilating crest which grows red at the nuptial season.

1901 A. Sutro tr. M. Maeterlinck Life of Bee iv. 205 The perilous ceremony known as the ‘nuptial flight’.

1950 Brit. Birds 43 9 The common display of the Wheatear..used in both threat and nuptial display.

1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 21/3 Midwife-toad males, since they mate on land, don't develop these ‘nuptial pads’.

1993 Sci. Amer. Apr. 52/2 It assumes that any healthy, sexually motivated male in nuptial coloration is attractive to the female.

B. n.

1. A marriage, a wedding; a marriage ceremony.

a. In plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun]

bridelockOE

yokeOE

spousehooda1200

spousea1225

wedlock?c1225

wedlockhoodc1230

marriagec1300

spousal1340

matrimonya1382

espousala1393

muliera1400

spousagea1400

spouseheadc1400

weddedhooda1450

wedhooda1450

wedding1489

espousage1549

the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552

nuptial1566

bed-match1582

bob-tail1585

Hymen's banda1593

Hymen1608

married life1609

conjugality1645

marriage state1652

conjugacy1659

marriage life1662

establishment1684

shackledom1771

connubiality1836

connubialism1848

weddedness1891

bedlock1922

the tender trap1954

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]

wifethingeOE

bridelopeOE

brydthing971

bridelockOE

bridalOE

noces?c1225

wedlocka1300

spousingc1300

weddingc1300

marriagea1375

espousala1393

sponsalia1535

nuptial1566

espousing1581

nuptial1581

marriage rite1592

nuptiallings1600

Hymen1608

marriage ceremony1616

bridaltya1637

confarreation1645

hymeneals1655

farreation1656

church wedding1852

nuptialities1863

shadi1893

matrimonials1986

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlii. f. 138^v Within a while after (he being vanquished with loue) maried her secretly at her house, and solempnized the nuptialles by a Prieste vnknowen.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 245 St. Hierome & St. Gregorie that will not call our ladie's marriage nuptialls.

1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G4 Bradamant..with great pompe solempnised the Nuptials.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 282 Shee was by her father compelled to a second nuptialls with King Cephordus.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 37 To solemnization of these nuptialls, I with my damsels tooke our way.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 301 I will my self, the bridal Bed prepare, if you, to bless the Nuptials, will be there.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. ⁋3 Soon after their Nuptials, the Bridegroom was obliged to go into a Foreign Country.

1739 P. Aubin Count Albertus vi. 268 There never was any thing more extraordinary, than to have Persons of so great Quality espoused, and keep their Nuptials in such melancholy Circumstances.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 5 Their nuptials had been celebrated under the auspices of an approving..world.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. viii. 147 She was more alive to the disgrace, which the want of new clothes must reflect on her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame.

1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years II. vi. 325 The nuptials of women of rank with clergymen of average station.

a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 38 The Southern Cross rode higher in the sky and marked the imminence of her coming nuptials.

1939 P. Barry Philadelphia Story (1942) i. 24 Confined to bed with a cold, unable to attend nuptials, oceans of love, Father.

2001 M. Hughes et al. World Food: India 147 Muslim nuptials can be even more elaborate, and typically last for three or four days.

b. In singular.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]

wifethingeOE

bridelopeOE

brydthing971

bridelockOE

bridalOE

noces?c1225

wedlocka1300

spousingc1300

weddingc1300

marriagea1375

espousala1393

sponsalia1535

nuptial1566

espousing1581

nuptial1581

marriage rite1592

nuptiallings1600

Hymen1608

marriage ceremony1616

bridaltya1637

confarreation1645

hymeneals1655

farreation1656

church wedding1852

nuptialities1863

shadi1893

matrimonials1986

1581 B. Rich Don Simonides I. 102 O how many pretie Nimphes were there that daie dauncyng, Dianas whole traine, came to visite the Nuptiall.

1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. J^v Strangers of account which would repaire to his Court, and be present at the nuptiall of his son.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 125 I must employ you in some businesse, Against our nuptiall .

1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. i. 4 The..nuptial was no sooner celebrated, then he repented it.

1721 A. Ramsay Content 214 Rare she appears, unless on some fine day She grace a nuptial, but soon hastes away.

1835 W. G. Simms Yemassee I. xxiii. 195 The dusky maiden needed little wooing... with the broken stick still in her hand in attestation of her wild forest nuptial.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 161 There is not a woman in all the world but would prefer death to such a nuptial.

1927 J. Todhunter Poison Flower i. 100 To the grave Muse of the Humanities, And thy fair nuptial with her!

1949 J. Broughton Packing up for Paradise xvi. 326 It won't feature any cushion at a doll-baby nuptial.

†2. Matrimony. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun]

eeOE

weddingc1000

wivingOE

contractc1315

marriagec1325

matrimony1357

unionc1475

maritagec1478

briding1566

espousal1566

match1574

intermarriage1579

despousing1609

espousement1623

nuptial1630

coupling1641

splice1830

intermarrying1843

contraction1885

yokemating1891

1630 B. Jonson Loves Triumph through Callipolis 148 And all That blesse, or honour holy nuptiall.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 84 Who in chast nuptialls Shall lead their life.

Compounds

nuptial bed n. the bed used by a newly married couple; the bed in which a marriage is consummated.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed

bridebedOE

bridal beda1547

marriage bed1567

nuptial bed1578

wedding-bed1597

Hymen-bed1598

thore1649

wed-beda1650

geniala1701

nuptial couch1731

wedlock bed1820

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. ii. iii. sig. Biv^v He hath defilde no nuptial bed, nor forced rape hath mou'd.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 710 With Flowers..Espoused Eve deckt first her Nuptial Bed .

1848 E. Bennett Renegade vii. 59 Isaac Younker..had been roused from the nuptial bed to hear of the terrible calamity that had befallen his friends.

2002 Herald (Glasgow) 6 May 15 The groom's friends would wash the young man's feet to make sure that he went clean to the nuptial bed.

nuptial couch n. = nuptial bed n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed

bridebedOE

bridal beda1547

marriage bed1567

nuptial bed1578

wedding-bed1597

Hymen-bed1598

thore1649

wed-beda1650

geniala1701

nuptial couch1731

wedlock bed1820

1731 L. Theobald Orestes iii. iv. 48 Our Handmaids there, Shall spread the Nuptial Couch.

1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf iv. 25 Here stands Uhman, the waterman, whose young bride was rifled from his nuptial couch, ere he had pressed it.

1996 Cosmopolitan Mar. 231/2 Guynes not only moved in with the newlywed couple but shared their nuptial couch as well.

† nuptial father n. Obsolete a man who represents the bride's father at a wedding.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > one who brings or gives away bride

bride-leader1552

father1600

despouser1635

nuptial father1748

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xli. 234 My letter of invitation to Lord M. to be her nuptial father.

1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title III. 135 Mr. and Miss Webster, her intended nuptial father and bride-maid.

nuptial mass n. chiefly Roman Catholic Church a mass celebrated at or (now usually) incorporating a wedding.

ΚΠ

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. vii. 12 The bride and bridegroom..presented themselves at the porch of the church... In his [sc. the priest’s] presence they mutually pledged their faith to each other... He then led them into the church to the chancel. The nuptial mass was celebrated.

1884 A. T. de Vere Legends of Cid in Poet. Wks. VI. ii. i. 251 Therein 'mid anthems sung, and incense cloud, The nuptial Mass was solemnized.

1949 New Life Jan. 278 They eventually got married with Nuptial Mass.

1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. i. 22 In southern Spain friends or relatives veil the couple in the course of the nuptial mass.

Derivatives

† nuptialist n. Obsolete rare a marriage partner.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nuptialist, a Bride or Wife; or a Bridegroom or Husband; Also one that makes Marriages.

a1700 W. Hodnet Panegyricke Humphry Clark (Bodl. Wood 276a) f. 536 From Greate Jehouahs Treasury of Heav'n To you His Nuptiallists bee ever given Richnes of Spirit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuptial
释义	nuptialadj.n. Brit. /ˈnʌpʃl/, /ˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English nupcyalle, 1500s nuptiale, 1500s–1600s nuptiall, 1500s–1600s nvptiall, 1500s– nuptial, 1600s numptiall (perhaps transmission error), 1600s nvptial; Scottish pre-1700 nuptiale, pre-1700 nuptiall, pre-1700 1700s– nuptial. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nuptial; Latin nuptiālis. Etymology: < Middle French, French nuptial of or relating to marriage or a wedding (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French; also attested in Middle French as †nupcial (14th cent.); also attested in Middle French as noun in sense ‘a marriage, a wedding’ (second half of the 16th cent.)) or its etymon classical Latin nuptiālis of or relating to marriage or a wedding, in post-classical Latin also as noun in neuter plural nuptialia a marriage, a wedding (late second or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < nuptiae wedding ( < nupt- , past participial stem of nūbere to marry (see nubile adj.¹) + -iae , plural of -ia -ia suffix¹) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Catalan nupcial (1272), Italian nuziale (a1342; attested slightly earlier as †nupziale (a1340); also attested as †nuptiale (1399 or earlier)), Spanish nupcial (1515), Portuguese nupcial (17th cent.).With sense A. 3 compare French nuptial (in vol nuptial (1901 in the passage translated in quot. 1901 at sense A. 3)). A. adj. 1. Of or relating to marriage or a wedding. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] bridelyOE spousal?a1450 nuptial1490 espousal1583 sponsal1656 sponsalitious1656 internuptial1834 gamic1837 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 56 The goddesse Iuno, quene and patronesse of the commocyons nupcyalle. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Ded. sig. ⁋1 And see the luck, when he thought best to signifie his good will, to honor Hymeneus bed, at Nuptiall night, a clap of that he neuer feared did ende his lyfe. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. L2 He that had not the nuptial garment, maketh this claime to be the sonne of God. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiii. 37 Those to celebrate marriages were called songs nuptiall or Epithalamies. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 154 Now I come to their nuptiall rites, their custome and manner of marriage is thus. 1649 C. Wase in tr. Sophocles Electra 3 While like the froward Miltonist, We our old Nuptiall knot untwist. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1194 I chose a Wife,..And in your City held my Nuptial Feast. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 124 For this, when ripe for Marriage, he delay'd Her nuptial Bands, and kept her long a Maid. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 182. ⁋9 She..at last fixed the nuptial day. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 44 The priest chants the nuptial benediction. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 125 The nuptial ceremony, the feast, and the funeral, would have appeared spiritless..without this accompaniment. 1891 J. Adam (title) The nuptial number of Plato. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxv. 610 Let the banns be called and I will compose a nuptial song. 1935 G. M. A. Richter & M. J. Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 5 Water was brought in it from the fountain Kallirrhoe for the nuptial bath. 1985 G. Naylor Linden Hills 86 I extend our warmest regards to the nuptial union of Mr. and Mrs. Winston Alcott. †2. Joined in matrimony; married, wedded. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective] wedded?a800 spousedc1300 weda1400 marriedc1400 boundenc1426 conjugate1471 nuptial?1585 yoked1607 continuous1642 wedlock-bound1667 coupled1672 conjugated1690 partnered1775 mated1821 attached1898 ?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. D2 Your nuptial spouse, polifie and colocate those confracted arteries in right course. ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses i. 15 Loues equall flame To her he felt, as to his nuptiall Dame. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 52 The nuptiall Queens of this Realme, participating so much in the Regality of the Crowne. 3. Zoology. Of, relating to, or characteristic of mating or the breeding season; esp. designating behaviour or coloration specific to the mating season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to mating nuptial1840 epigamic1890 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 280/1 Old Male and Female [Plover] in summer or nuptial plumage. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 248 A dilating crest which grows red at the nuptial season. 1901 A. Sutro tr. M. Maeterlinck Life of Bee iv. 205 The perilous ceremony known as the ‘nuptial flight’. 1950 Brit. Birds 43 9 The common display of the Wheatear..used in both threat and nuptial display. 1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 21/3 Midwife-toad males, since they mate on land, don't develop these ‘nuptial pads’. 1993 Sci. Amer. Apr. 52/2 It assumes that any healthy, sexually motivated male in nuptial coloration is attractive to the female. B. n. 1. A marriage, a wedding; a marriage ceremony. a. In plural. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] bridelockOE yokeOE spousehooda1200 spousea1225 wedlock?c1225 wedlockhoodc1230 marriagec1300 spousal1340 matrimonya1382 espousala1393 muliera1400 spousagea1400 spouseheadc1400 weddedhooda1450 wedhooda1450 wedding1489 espousage1549 the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552 nuptial1566 bed-match1582 bob-tail1585 Hymen's banda1593 Hymen1608 married life1609 conjugality1645 marriage state1652 conjugacy1659 marriage life1662 establishment1684 shackledom1771 connubiality1836 connubialism1848 weddedness1891 bedlock1922 the tender trap1954 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] wifethingeOE bridelopeOE brydthing971 bridelockOE bridalOE noces?c1225 wedlocka1300 spousingc1300 weddingc1300 marriagea1375 espousala1393 sponsalia1535 nuptial1566 espousing1581 nuptial1581 marriage rite1592 nuptiallings1600 Hymen1608 marriage ceremony1616 bridaltya1637 confarreation1645 hymeneals1655 farreation1656 church wedding1852 nuptialities1863 shadi1893 matrimonials1986 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlii. f. 138^v Within a while after (he being vanquished with loue) maried her secretly at her house, and solempnized the nuptialles by a Prieste vnknowen. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 245 St. Hierome & St. Gregorie that will not call our ladie's marriage nuptialls. 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. G4 Bradamant..with great pompe solempnised the Nuptials. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 282 Shee was by her father compelled to a second nuptialls with King Cephordus. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 37 To solemnization of these nuptialls, I with my damsels tooke our way. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 301 I will my self, the bridal Bed prepare, if you, to bless the Nuptials, will be there. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. ⁋3 Soon after their Nuptials, the Bridegroom was obliged to go into a Foreign Country. 1739 P. Aubin Count Albertus vi. 268 There never was any thing more extraordinary, than to have Persons of so great Quality espoused, and keep their Nuptials in such melancholy Circumstances. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 5 Their nuptials had been celebrated under the auspices of an approving..world. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. viii. 147 She was more alive to the disgrace, which the want of new clothes must reflect on her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame. View more context for this quotation 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years II. vi. 325 The nuptials of women of rank with clergymen of average station. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 38 The Southern Cross rode higher in the sky and marked the imminence of her coming nuptials. 1939 P. Barry Philadelphia Story (1942) i. 24 Confined to bed with a cold, unable to attend nuptials, oceans of love, Father. 2001 M. Hughes et al. World Food: India 147 Muslim nuptials can be even more elaborate, and typically last for three or four days. b. In singular. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] wifethingeOE bridelopeOE brydthing971 bridelockOE bridalOE noces?c1225 wedlocka1300 spousingc1300 weddingc1300 marriagea1375 espousala1393 sponsalia1535 nuptial1566 espousing1581 nuptial1581 marriage rite1592 nuptiallings1600 Hymen1608 marriage ceremony1616 bridaltya1637 confarreation1645 hymeneals1655 farreation1656 church wedding1852 nuptialities1863 shadi1893 matrimonials1986 1581 B. Rich Don Simonides I. 102 O how many pretie Nimphes were there that daie dauncyng, Dianas whole traine, came to visite the Nuptiall. 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. J^v Strangers of account which would repaire to his Court, and be present at the nuptiall of his son. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 125 I must employ you in some businesse, Against our nuptiall . View more context for this quotation 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. i. 4 The..nuptial was no sooner celebrated, then he repented it. 1721 A. Ramsay Content 214 Rare she appears, unless on some fine day She grace a nuptial, but soon hastes away. 1835 W. G. Simms Yemassee I. xxiii. 195 The dusky maiden needed little wooing... with the broken stick still in her hand in attestation of her wild forest nuptial. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 161 There is not a woman in all the world but would prefer death to such a nuptial. 1927 J. Todhunter Poison Flower i. 100 To the grave Muse of the Humanities, And thy fair nuptial with her! 1949 J. Broughton Packing up for Paradise xvi. 326 It won't feature any cushion at a doll-baby nuptial. †2. Matrimony. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] eeOE weddingc1000 wivingOE contractc1315 marriagec1325 matrimony1357 unionc1475 maritagec1478 briding1566 espousal1566 match1574 intermarriage1579 despousing1609 espousement1623 nuptial1630 coupling1641 splice1830 intermarrying1843 contraction1885 yokemating1891 1630 B. Jonson Loves Triumph through Callipolis 148 And all That blesse, or honour holy nuptiall. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 84 Who in chast nuptialls Shall lead their life. Compounds nuptial bed n. the bed used by a newly married couple; the bed in which a marriage is consummated. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. ii. iii. sig. Biv^v He hath defilde no nuptial bed, nor forced rape hath mou'd. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 710 With Flowers..Espoused Eve deckt first her Nuptial Bed . View more context for this quotation 1848 E. Bennett Renegade vii. 59 Isaac Younker..had been roused from the nuptial bed to hear of the terrible calamity that had befallen his friends. 2002 Herald (Glasgow) 6 May 15 The groom's friends would wash the young man's feet to make sure that he went clean to the nuptial bed. nuptial couch n. = nuptial bed n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 1731 L. Theobald Orestes iii. iv. 48 Our Handmaids there, Shall spread the Nuptial Couch. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf iv. 25 Here stands Uhman, the waterman, whose young bride was rifled from his nuptial couch, ere he had pressed it. 1996 Cosmopolitan Mar. 231/2 Guynes not only moved in with the newlywed couple but shared their nuptial couch as well. † nuptial father n. Obsolete a man who represents the bride's father at a wedding. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > one who brings or gives away bride bride-leader1552 father1600 despouser1635 nuptial father1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xli. 234 My letter of invitation to Lord M. to be her nuptial father. 1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title III. 135 Mr. and Miss Webster, her intended nuptial father and bride-maid. nuptial mass n. chiefly Roman Catholic Church a mass celebrated at or (now usually) incorporating a wedding. ΚΠ 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. vii. 12 The bride and bridegroom..presented themselves at the porch of the church... In his [sc. the priest’s] presence they mutually pledged their faith to each other... He then led them into the church to the chancel. The nuptial mass was celebrated. 1884 A. T. de Vere Legends of Cid in Poet. Wks. VI. ii. i. 251 Therein 'mid anthems sung, and incense cloud, The nuptial Mass was solemnized. 1949 New Life Jan. 278 They eventually got married with Nuptial Mass. 1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. i. 22 In southern Spain friends or relatives veil the couple in the course of the nuptial mass. Derivatives † nuptialist n. Obsolete rare a marriage partner. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nuptialist, a Bride or Wife; or a Bridegroom or Husband; Also one that makes Marriages. a1700 W. Hodnet Panegyricke Humphry Clark (Bodl. Wood 276a) f. 536 From Greate Jehouahs Treasury of Heav'n To you His Nuptiallists bee ever given Richnes of Spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nuptialv. Brit. /ˈnʌpʃl/, /ˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/ Inflections: Present participle nuptialling, (chiefly U.S.) nuptialing; past tense and past participle nuptialled, (chiefly U.S.) nuptialed; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nuptial adj. Etymology: < nuptial adj. Compare earlier nuptialize v. rare. transitive. To marry; (in quot. 1887) to speak of (a wedding). Also occasionally intransitive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] bewedc1000 bespousec1175 wieldc1275 marrish1340 wedc1380 geta1393 takea1400 espouse?1435 marry1441 couplec1540 contract1599 to take on1611 consort?1615 to take to one's bosom1881 nuptial1887 1887 R. Browning Parleyings vi, in Poet. Wks. (1888–94) XVI. 136 Nuptial me no such nuptials! 1893 A. Austin Betrothal Ode in Standard 5 May 5/3 For, though Love betrothes you, must Sovereign Duty nuptial you. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) i. 119 I see Katlin Gibbie's got herself nuptialed, eh? 1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Dec. Here is a pocket guide to marrying selected foreigners. It only applies to men who might be considering nuptialling abroad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1490v.1887
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