epithalamion

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

noun,plural ep·i·tha·la·mi·a

[ep-uh-thuh-ley-mee-uh]. /ˌɛp ə θəˈleɪ mi ə/.

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

Origin of epithalamion

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

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How to use epithalamion in a sentence

Her first solo collection, Oneiromance (an epithalamion), appeared in 2008.
Live Nude Girl Bares All | Lizzie Stark | February 20, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Among the minor poems of Spenser the most delightful were his Prothalamion and epithalamion.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. Beers
Spenser married a Cork-woman, and has enshrined her in the epithalamion, the most beautiful love-poem in the English language.
Peeps at Many Lands: Ireland | Katharine Tynan

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