Definition of bridal
:a marriage festival or ceremony
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Fittingly, to go along with the theme of inclusivity, Bebe is also adding new size ranges and categories, including petites through plus, bridal, and professional attire.
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Other local bridal businesses have rallied to help brides put out by the Alfred Angelo closing.
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Other opportunistic bridal shops have swopped in, offering special discounts to Alfred Angelo customers.
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Brides across the country are in a state of panic after a popular chain for bridal and bridesmaid dresses, Alfred Angelo, abruptly closed down many of its stores around the country without any warning (and just a sign in the store window).
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The next day, guests headed to the Cathedral of San Giusto in Trieste for the nuptials, where Swarovski channeled her inner Kate Middleton with a mesmerizing bridal train measuring nearly 20 feet long.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The Shoppes at Alpha Place will soon be home to a new-style pizza restaurant, and is already home to a new bridal and formal gown boutique.
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Trudy’s, a bridal and formal wear store in Campbell, had even created a registry in the past few years so as to not to sell the same dress to girls attending the same prom.
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Some highlights: BLACK FOR BRIDES Vera Wang once went with a collection of black dresses, but there hasn’t been a lot of black in bridal since, said Shelley Brown, fashion director for the wedding site TheKnot.com.
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A secondary meaning of Old English ealu, the ancestor of Modern English ale, was “feast, banquet,” at which the drinking of ale was a prominent activity. There were a number of these feasts and banquets that survived into the 19th century, but the oldest and best-established was the bride-ale, or wedding feast, attested in Old English as brydealu. In Middle English the ale half of the word had lost its stress and was associated with the noun suffix –al (as in funeral) and the adjective suffix (as in parental). By the 18^th^ century, bridal was perceived primarily as an adjective, as it is today.
Origin and Etymology of bridal
Definition of bridal
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:intended for a newly married couple
- a bridal suite
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Airbnb guests range from people who stay for a night in someone’s spare bedroom while passing through town to bridal parties renting for weekends to visiting business or academic people who rent for months.
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With A Twist present the first ever bridal fun run, 8 a.m. Aug. 19.
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Dongre has almost 300 stores in India for her various brands (including a western-style high street brand called AND, and an eponymous line of bridal and couture dresses, which will have its own store, also in Soho, later this year).
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A post shared by Sarah Staudinger (@staud) on Jul 22, 2017 at 3:50pm PDT Here is another picture of the bridal party.
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There was no bridal party, although Kerr’s 6 -year-old son Flynn from her previous relationship with Orlando Bloom served as ring bearer.
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ICYMI, popular bridal gown chain Alfred Angelo filed for bankruptcy at the end of last week seemingly without warning—simultaneously shuttering its 60 stores across the U.S.
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Draper took some classic bridal photos—including an idyllic shot of Martin and her now-husband, Chris, embracing each other in a field.
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But beauty treatments aren’t just for the bride anymore; in 2017, men want in on the bridal beauty routine, too.
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First Known Use of bridal
13th century
BRIDAL Defined for English Language Learners
bridal
adjective
Definition of bridal for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a bride or a wedding
BRIDAL Defined for Kids
bridal
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adjective
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Definition of bridal for Students
:of or relating to a bride or a wedding
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