nuptials

plural of nuptial
as in wedding
a ceremony in which two people are united in matrimony their nuptials will take place at the university chapel

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Noun
  • Corum shared a photo of the couple, posing with him and his bride, Samantha, along with their daughter at the wedding.
    Lisa France, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • This season was a roller coaster for Gladys (Taissa Farmiga), who married Hector (Ben Lamb), the Duke of Buckingham, in what was not exactly the happiest wedding of all time.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The notion of destroying marriages and undoing family relationships would be extremely difficult for the Court to justify.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Subsequently, Pope Francis granted SSPX priests a slow trickle of faculties, such as the ability to officiate marriages or perform the sacrament of absolution in limited circumstances.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Nuptials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuptials. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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