rehearsal dinner
noun
US
: a formal meal after a wedding rehearsal for the people participating in a wedding ceremony
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Just show up at a Derby party, Louisville rehearsal dinner, or Bluegrass Thanksgiving.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
As Scott Wolf and his wife Madeleine Nicholson prepared to board their Nov. 7 flight out of Chicago that would get them to New York in plenty of time for his sister's rehearsal dinner and wedding, the couple worried about getting home on Nov. 9 and what might happen during the upcoming holiday.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Nov. 2025
Guests arrived Thursday for the rehearsal dinner, enjoyed the wedding Friday, and spent Saturday relaxing by the lake before heading home Sunday.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Sure, she may be married already, but the dress is precisely the kind of piece that would be perfect for a wedding welcome brunch or summer rehearsal dinner.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
As Scott Wolf and his wife Madeleine Nicholson prepared to board their Nov. 7 flight out of Chicago that would get them to New York in plenty of time for his sister's rehearsal dinner and wedding, the couple worried about getting home on Nov. 9 and what might happen during the upcoming holiday.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Nov. 2025
Guests arrived Thursday for the rehearsal dinner, enjoyed the wedding Friday, and spent Saturday relaxing by the lake before heading home Sunday.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Sure, she may be married already, but the dress is precisely the kind of piece that would be perfect for a wedding welcome brunch or summer rehearsal dinner.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rehearsal dinner
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