Prothalamia
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| —n , pl -mia | |
| a song or poem in celebration of a marriage | |
| [C16: from Greek pro- before + thalamos marriage; coined by Edmund Spenser, on the model of | |
| prothalamium or prothalamium (ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪən, -mɪə) | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Greek pro- before + thalamos marriage; coined by Edmund Spenser, on the model of | |
| prothalamion or prothalamium (ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪən) | |
| —n , pl -mia | |
| a song or poem in celebration of a marriage | |
| [C16: from Greek pro- before + thalamos marriage; coined by Edmund Spenser, on the model of | |
| prothalamium or prothalamium (ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪən, -mɪə) | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Greek pro- before + thalamos marriage; coined by Edmund Spenser, on the model of | |
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Word Origin & History
prothalamion
"song sung before a wedding," 1597, coined as a poem title by Edmund Spenser (based on epithalamion) from Gk. pro- "before" + thalamos "bridal chamber."
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