Hymeneal
[hahy-muh-nee-uh l] /ˌhaɪ məˈni əl/
adjective
1.
of or relating to marriage.
noun
2.
Archaic. marriage song.
/ˌhaɪmɛˈniːəl/
adjective
1.
(mainly poetic) of or relating to marriage
noun
2.
a wedding song or poem
adj.
c.1600, “of or relating to a marriage;” as a noun, “wedding hymn,” from 1717; from Latin hymenaeus, from Greek hymenaios “belonging to wedlock, wedding, wedding song,” from Hymen, Greek god of marriage.
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