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pro⋅tha⋅la⋅mi⋅on

  [proh-thuh-ley-mee-on, -uhn]
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–noun, plural -mi⋅a  [-mee-uh] .
a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
Origin:
1597; pro- 2 + (epi)thalamion; coined by Edmund Spenser
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pro·tha·la·mi·on   (prō'thə-lā'mē-ən, -ŏn')   
n.   pl. pro·tha·la·mi·a (-mē-ə)
A song in celebration of a wedding; an epithalamium.

[pro-2 + Greek epithalamion, epithalamium; see epithalamium.]
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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