Definition of epithalamium in English:

epithalamium

nounPlural epithalamiums, Plural epithalamia ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm

A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator.
- If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium.
- But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium.
- But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense.
- In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia.

Derivatives

epithalamic

adjective ˌɛpɪθəˈlamɪk

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi 'upon' + thalamos 'bridal chamber'.

Rhymes

prothalamium

Definition of epithalamium in US English:

epithalamium

(also epithalamion)

nounˌepəTHəˈlāmēəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm

A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
Example sentencesExamples
- But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium.
- In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia.
- But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense.
- The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator.
- If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi ‘upon’ + thalamos ‘bridal chamber’.

单词	epithalamium
释义	Definition of epithalamium in English: epithalamium nounPlural epithalamiums, Plural epithalamia ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm A song or poem celebrating a marriage. Example sentencesExamples The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator. If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium. But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium. But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense. In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia. Derivatives epithalamic adjective ˌɛpɪθəˈlamɪk Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi 'upon' + thalamos 'bridal chamber'. Rhymes prothalamium Definition of epithalamium in US English: epithalamium (also epithalamion) nounˌepəTHəˈlāmēəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm A song or poem celebrating a marriage. Example sentencesExamples But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium. In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia. But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense. The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator. If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium. Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi ‘upon’ + thalamos ‘bridal chamber’.
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