wedding march

noun

1. a musical composition played during a wedding procession.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wedding march¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Then to this accompaniment two violins began the wedding-march, and the great gate of roses swung wide.

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Ella called her into her bed-room as she passed the door, by humming the Wedding-march.

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As both bride and groom appeared, George played on a mouth-organ to delude the actors into a belief that it was a wedding-march.

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Then the wedding-march was played and the bridal party came down the stairs.

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Then the music creeps out of the chancel,—the faint, sweet air of an old English wedding-march.

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