nuptials
Vows and rings
Nuptials is a formal or literary word for a wedding ceremony or marriage celebration: The nuptials took place at sunset, royal nuptials.
The word nearly always appears in plural form, even for a single wedding.
It sounds elevated and is often used with a touch of irony for ordinary weddings.
Sacred ritual table
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- officiantCeremony presider
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
recessional · chapel · solemnization · readings · exchange · ringbearer · usher · organist
Woman getting married
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- coupleTwo linked together
- newlywedsRecently married pair
- officiantCeremony presider
bridesmaids · groomsmen · ringbearer · usher · wedding party · entourage · witnesses · parents
Men's formal evening attire
- veilFabric that obscures
- bridesmaidsFemale wedding attendants
- groomsmenGroom's wedding attendants
- boutonniereLapel flower arrangement
corsage · train · tiara · cufflinks · garter · trousseau · lehenga · sherwani
Formal union between partners
- wedlockState of being spouses
- spouseMarried partner
- conjugalOf marriage
- partnershipShared business arrangement
union · commitment · fidelity · monogamy · companionship · consort · bond · covenant
Act of receiving guests
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
champagne · festivities · congratulations · merriment · gala · music · laughter · gathering
Commitment to wed or attend
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- fiancéMan pledged to marry
- fiancéeEngaged woman
- betrothedEngaged to marry
espousal · dowry · bride price · matchmaker · courtship · banns · wedding planning · invitations
altar
Sacred ritual table
processional · recessional · chapel · solemnization · readings · exchange · ringbearer · usher · organist · confetti
bride
Woman getting married
officiant · bridesmaids · groomsmen · ringbearer · usher · wedding party · entourage · witnesses · parents · in-laws
tuxedo
Men's formal evening attire
- veilFabric that obscures
- bridesmaidsFemale wedding attendants
- groomsmenGroom's wedding attendants
boutonniere · corsage · train · tiara · cufflinks · garter · trousseau · lehenga · sherwani · barong
marriage
Formal union between partners
partnership · union · commitment · fidelity · monogamy · companionship · consort · bond · covenant · lifelong
reception
Act of receiving guests
dance · champagne · festivities · congratulations · merriment · gala · music · laughter · gathering · cake cutting
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
betrothed · espousal · dowry · bride price · matchmaker · courtship · banns · wedding planning · invitations · save the date
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- Family & Marriagematrimony, weddings, family life, home life, domestic life
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- marriage termswedding, marriage, husband, wife, bride
- Elizabethan comedyTwelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice
- Literary Weddingswedding, bride, groom, betrothal, marriage vows
nuptialsdivorce
Legal end of matrimony
divorce proceedings · separation · annulment · dissolution · divorce decree
nuptialssinglehood
Unmarried state
bachelorhood · spinsterhood · celibacy · single life · widowhood
- nuptial vowsPledges made when wedding
- nuptial massMarriage ceremony with Eucharist
- nuptial ceremonyFormal marriage event
- nuptial ritesMarriage ceremony practices
- nuptial agreementMarital financial contract
- nuptial contractsLegal marriage agreements