hymeneal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- unhymeneal adjective
Etymology
Origin of hymeneal
1595–1605; < Latin hymenae ( us ) (< Greek hyménaios wedding song, equivalent to Hymen Hymen + -aios pertaining to) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The arena allotted for this hymeneal contest, was a level space in front of the village-inn, and near the centre of a grass-plat, reserved in the midst of the village denominated "the green."
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
Under the glow of torches, surrounded by a joyous company, dancing and singing hymeneal songs, the bride was led to the house of her future husband.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Freddy has said many a charming thing about the pear-blossom; about nature's awakening; about the hymeneal birds—things that, as Prue says, are almost poetry just as he speaks them, without any alteration.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
There are, we take it, about three ways which lead to what the provincial reporter delights to term “the hymeneal altar.”
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
"You shall never—never—lead her to the hymeneal altar."
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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