wedding feast
Marriage celebration meal
A wedding feast is the celebratory meal following a marriage ceremony.
The term carries traditional or formal connotations, evoking elaborate banquets rather than casual receptions: The wedding feast lasted well into the night.
In religious contexts, particularly biblical references, the phrase appears in parables and prophecies about divine celebration.
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- nuptialsVows and rings
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- cutting the cakeDividing a layered dessert
- head tablePrimary seating for honorees
seating chart · vows · ceremony · celebration · champagne · open bar · marriage · union · venue · toast · best man speech · hors d'oeuvres · festivity · handfasting · catering · merriment · reception · guests
- foodwaysfood rituals, food taboos, blessing food, table manners, dining etiquette
- genre scenesdomestic scene, tavern scene, market scene, village scene, dining room
- GospelsJesus, gospels, Jesus Christ, apostles, Gospel of Mark
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, fireworks, birthday
- weddingmarry, bride and groom, ring, wed, vow
- marriagebride, groom, husband, wife, spouse
ceremonial occasion type
wedding feastfuneral reception
Gathering after memorial service
wake · repast · memorial dinner · funeral meal · farewell dinner