wedding rehearsal
noun
: an event at which the people involved in a wedding ceremony practice what will be done at the ceremony
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If gifts are opened at the event, a common tradition in the United States is for the maid of honor to save all the ribbons from the gifts and transform them into a faux bouquet for the bride to carry down the aisle during the wedding rehearsal.
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
What started as preparations for a wedding rehearsal in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, last Friday quickly turned into a water rescue when Eddie Hunnell, the father of the groom, heard a woman had become trapped in her home near the River House Inn.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Back on January 31, 1992, the three soldiers, then in their early twenties, were together at a wedding rehearsal the day before Jones was set to get married.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
The morning after an obscenely over-the-top wedding rehearsal dinner on Nantucket, a member of the wedding party washes up dead on a beach near the groom-to-be’s sprawling family mansion.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
In one heartfelt Instagram post, the libertarian commentator shared that her dad’s girlfriend gave her a sentimental gift after the wedding rehearsal.
—Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
Robert De Niro enjoyed himself at Jennifer Lawrence’s wedding rehearsal dinner—even though the actress may think otherwise.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
My best friend Seth announced at my wedding rehearsal dinner that Google had signed that day.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
Source Kelli then uploaded some shots from the wedding rehearsal — including polaroids of herself and a sunset pic of her and her own date enjoying some cocktails.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2023
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
What started as preparations for a wedding rehearsal in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, last Friday quickly turned into a water rescue when Eddie Hunnell, the father of the groom, heard a woman had become trapped in her home near the River House Inn.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Back on January 31, 1992, the three soldiers, then in their early twenties, were together at a wedding rehearsal the day before Jones was set to get married.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
The morning after an obscenely over-the-top wedding rehearsal dinner on Nantucket, a member of the wedding party washes up dead on a beach near the groom-to-be’s sprawling family mansion.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
In one heartfelt Instagram post, the libertarian commentator shared that her dad’s girlfriend gave her a sentimental gift after the wedding rehearsal.
—Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 2 June 2024
Robert De Niro enjoyed himself at Jennifer Lawrence’s wedding rehearsal dinner—even though the actress may think otherwise.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
My best friend Seth announced at my wedding rehearsal dinner that Google had signed that day.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024
Source Kelli then uploaded some shots from the wedding rehearsal — including polaroids of herself and a sunset pic of her and her own date enjoying some cocktails.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2023
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“Wedding rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding%20rehearsal. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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