wedding blessing
Marriage ceremony invocation
A wedding blessing is a prayer, benediction, or ceremonial expression of good wishes spoken over a couple during or after their marriage ceremony.
Religious officiants typically deliver blessings invoking divine favor, though secular versions offer hopes for happiness and prosperity: The priest gave the wedding blessing after the exchange of vows.
The term also refers to formal approval of a marriage by religious authorities or family members.
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- exchange vowsRecite marriage promises
- I doMarriage consent phrase
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- holy matrimonySacred rite of spousal union
matrimony · toast · prayer · unity · sacred · tying the knot · rings · ring bearer · altar · bride · maid of honor · groom · best man · officiant · amen · grace · union · love
- church eventsSunday worship, Christmas, Easter egg hunt, prayer meeting, funeral service
- Jewish blessingskiddush, havdalah, sheva brachot, hand washing, morning blessings
- Jewish marriageketubah, chuppah, erusin, Jewish marriage, betrothal
- weddingmarry, bride and groom, ring, wed, vow
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, prayer
wedding blessingmalediction
Verbal invocation of harm
curse · hex · damnation · anathema · execration
wedding blessingdivorce decree
Court document ending marriage
annulment · decree absolute · divorce proceedings · separation agreement · funeral rites
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