epithalamion

American  

[ep-uh-thuh-ley-mee-on, -uhn] / ˌɛp ə θəˈleɪ miˌɒn, -ən /

noun

plural

epithalamia

1. a song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.

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Etymology

Origin of epithalamion

1580–90; < Greek: nuptial, noun use of neuter of epithalámios nuptial. See epi-, thalamus

Example Sentences

While that celebratory epithalamion, “The Whitsun Weddings,” has been voted the most popular English poem of the previous half-century, I myself would have opted for “Aubade,” Larkin’s last and most terrifying meditation on death.

From Washington Post