epithalamia
- plural of epithalamion.
- plural of epithalamium.
Example Sentences
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This genre reaches all the way back to ancient Greece, but the most famous epithalamia do not work well at modern weddings.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
Other notable epithalamia, from Edmund Spenser to E. E. Cummings , are just too long and obtuse to do the trick.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2018
Outside the leaves rustled, the birds called and the crickets sang their unending epithalamia of summer nights, and on this tone-background the melody rose tenderly and lingeringly like a haunting perfume of pressed flowers.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
The Shi King, a collection of Chinese poetry gathered by Confucius, an anthology of more than three hundred poems, contains some glowing epithalamia setting forth at length the unmistakable virtues of the bride.
From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby
Music was heard until a late hour, and epithalamia were again resumed with the morning light.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
