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quasi-nuptial
quasi-nuptial n. and adj. 
/ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌpʃl/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌpʃl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/ (a) n. a celebration or rite resembling a marriage ceremony (chiefly in plural); (b) adj. of or relating to such a celebration or rite.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌpʃl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/ΚΠ
1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 47 The epithalamium of these quasi-nuptials is fine.
1974 Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News 25 Mar. c12/1 A little knot of nuptial celebrants certainly would be no more offensive..than the quasi-nuptial celebrations without benefit of ‘paper’ that are common in many a parkland grassy glade and dell.
1995 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 18 Jan. 49 The symbolism was manifest in the quasi-nuptial rite.
2002 New Yorker (Nexis) 2 Sept. The Times announced..that its Sunday Weddings pages are to..come out, transformed, as the Weddings/Celebrations pages, sparkling with accounts of the quasi-nuptials of gay and lesbian couples.
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