epithalamium
noun
epithalamiums
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pluralof epithalamium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, he is entirely original in his epithalamiums, charming descriptions of the felicity of young conjugal life and the sweet blessings of pure love.
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles
From those votaries of Hymen who were honoured with his epithalamiums, he received a small reward.
From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by John Trusler
This nuptial hymn has been the model of many epithalamiums, particularly that of Jason and Creusa, sung by the chorus in Seneca’s Medea, and of Honorius and Maria, in Claudian.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
What brick and mortar idylls, what romances au cinquième, what joyous epithalamiums, what gay improvident ménages, what kisses, what laughter, what tears, what lightly-spoken and lightly-broken vows those old walls could have told of!
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
We come now to the three celebrated epithalamiums of Catullus.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
