Definition of Prothalamion

1. Noun. A song in celebration of a marriage.

Exact synonyms: Prothalamium
Generic synonyms: Epithalamium, Song, Vocal

Definition of Prothalamion

1. n. A song in celebration of a marriage.

Definition of Prothalamion

1. Noun. A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prothalamion

1. [n -MIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothalamion

protestation
protestations
protestator
protestators
protested
protester
protesters
protesting
protesting(a)
protestingly
protestor
protestors
protests
proteuses
prothalamia
prothalamion (current term)
prothalamium
prothalli
prothallia
prothallium
prothalluses
prothese
protheses
prothesis
prothetelic
prothetelous
prothetely
prothetic
prothonotarial

Literary usage of Prothalamion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"As the birds do love the spring, Or the bees their careful king: Then in requite, sweet virgin, love me 1 72 EDMUND SPENSER [1552-1599] prothalamion CALM ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"... where the solution to the mystery which Nature proposes, differs perhaps but little after all from that of ages maturer in science. prothalamion; OR ..."

3. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"... Or hope to gaine, himselfe will one daie crie, That curse God send unto mine enemie! meeke, 20 prothalamion » (1596) Calm was the day, and through the ..."

4. English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700 by Frederic Ives Carpenter (1897)
"prothalamion. /"*ALM was the day, and through the trembling air ^ Sweet-breathing Zephyrus did softly play A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay Hot ..."

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