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Definition of Marriage ceremony
1. Noun. The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony. "Their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
Generic synonyms: Rite, Ritual
Specialized synonyms: Bridal, Espousal, Civil Marriage, Love Match, Remarriage
Derivative terms: Marry, Marry, Wed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marriage Ceremony
Literary usage of Marriage ceremony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... against the theory of betrothal in canon law naturally conditioned the importance
of the marriage ceremony, which it considered the real marriage act. ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1885)
"INCLUDING A FEW REMARKS ON THE marriage ceremony, THE POSITION OF MARRIED ...
The marriage ceremony in Japan possesses few of those features which we are ..."
3. Marriage in the United States by Auguste Carlier (1867)
"Religious marriage ceremony. Independent of this legal marriage, which is
accompanied with no external solemnity, Catholics and Protestants, ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Law: Being a Summary of the Well-settled Elementary by William Pinckney Fishback (1896)
"marriage ceremony.—The law contemplates that the marriage ceremony shall be
attended with some degree of publicity. Usually, only a judicial officer or ..."
5. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"... Household of the Duchess — Villars and Rochefort — Friend of King's Mistresses—
The marriage ceremony— Toilet of the Duchess— Son of Montbron— Marriage ..."
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