epithalamium
Americannoun
plural
epithalamiums, epithalamianoun
Other Word Forms
- epithalamic adjective
Etymology
Origin of epithalamium
C17: from Latin, from Greek epithalamion marriage song, from thalamos bridal chamber
Example Sentences
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In fact, there’s a special term for a wedding poem: epithalamium.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2018
"Bees' Nests", hitchhiking "for hours, pole-axed by Marzine / on sick-making bends", an ancestor among the translators of the King James Bible, Geordie slang, birthday greetings and an epithalamium: this is a collection of range and richness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2013
Included is a series of love poems, a kind of epithalamium to his young wife, who was his student at Bennington.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Shikasta was an admonition, its successor is an epithalamium.
From Time Magazine Archive
The leaders sung an epithalamium, answered by the others in chorus, and the two last led the fair bride, her eyes fixed on the ground, with a charming affectation of modesty.
From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady
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