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hymeneal

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hy⋅me⋅ne⋅al

  [hahy-muh-nee-uhl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to marriage.
–noun
2. Archaic. marriage song.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L hymenae(us) (< Gk hyménaios wedding song, equiv. to Hymen Hymen + -aios pertaining to) + -al 1
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hy·me·ne·al   (hī'mə-nē'əl)   
adj.  Of or relating to a wedding or marriage.
n.  

  1. A wedding song or poem.

  2. hymeneals Archaic A wedding; nuptials.


[From Latin hymenaeus, wedding song, wedding, from Greek humenaios, from Humēn, Hymen, from humēn, membrane; see hymen.]
hy'me·ne'al·ly adv.
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