rehearsal dinner
noun
US
: a formal meal after a wedding rehearsal for the people participating in a wedding ceremony
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As shown in Love Story, the celebrations kicked off with a rehearsal dinner at the palatial Greyfield Inn.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
Then there was the fact that Carolyn’s mother, Ann Messina Freeman (played by Constance Zimmer), reportedly had her doubts ahead of the wedding and voiced them in a tense rehearsal dinner speech the night before the big day.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Later that night, at the rehearsal dinner, Ann goes rogue during her toast to make these same points to a portico filled with Kennedys.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
The night before a wedding, the table in question is often at the rehearsal dinner.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
Then there was the fact that Carolyn’s mother, Ann Messina Freeman (played by Constance Zimmer), reportedly had her doubts ahead of the wedding and voiced them in a tense rehearsal dinner speech the night before the big day.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
Later that night, at the rehearsal dinner, Ann goes rogue during her toast to make these same points to a portico filled with Kennedys.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
The night before a wedding, the table in question is often at the rehearsal dinner.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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