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Definition of Paranymph
1. n. A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
Definition of Paranymph
1. Noun. (historical Ancient Greece) A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. ¹
2. Noun. (historical Ancient Greece) The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively) An ally; a supporter or abettor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paranymph
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paranymph
Literary usage of Paranymph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"PARAPET, in fortification ; an elevation of earth, designed for covering tbe
soldiers from the enemy's cannon or small shot. paranymph. (See Marriage. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"As the paranymph officiated only on the part of the bridegroom, a woman called
... paranymph, among the ancients, the person who waited on the bridegroom, ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"PARAPET, in fortification ; an elevation of earth, designed for covering the
soldiers from the enemy's cannon or small shot. paranymph. (See Marriage. ..."
4. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"The offices assigned to the paranymph, or J'3t?lB>, were numerous and important ;
and, on account of these, the Baptist compares himself to the friend of ..."
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