epithalamion

[ ep-uh-thuh-ley-mee-on, -uhn ]

noun

, plural ep·i·tha·la·mi·a [ep-, uh, -th, uh, -, ley, -mee-, uh].

1. a song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of epithalamion¹

1580–90; < Greek: nuptial, noun use of neuter of epithalámios nuptial. See epi-, thalamus

Example Sentences

Her first solo collection, Oneiromance (an epithalamion), appeared in 2008.

From The Daily Beast

Among the minor poems of Spenser the most delightful were his Prothalamion and Epithalamion.

From Project Gutenberg

Spenser married a Cork-woman, and has enshrined her in the Epithalamion, the most beautiful love-poem in the English language.

From Project Gutenberg