wedding breakfast
Post-ceremony celebratory meal
A wedding breakfast is the celebratory meal served after a wedding ceremony, traditionally the first meal the couple shares as a married pair.
Despite the name, it is not necessarily served in the morning; the term dates from when weddings typically took place before noon, and the meal that followed broke the pre-ceremony fast.
In British usage especially, the wedding breakfast remains the standard term for the formal reception meal regardless of the time of day.
- brideWoman getting married
- brunchMorning-afternoon meal hybrid
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- best manGroom's primary attendant
- maid of honorBride's principal attendant
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