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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What would the world say when it should have become known that he intended to lead Lady Frances to the "hymeneal altar?"
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
There lies the fatal weakness of all this frenzy over liberty and this hymeneal chanting of sky and ocean; it has no basis in the homely facts of the heart.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
Do you not recollect that eighteen years have run their circuit, since we pledged our mutual faith, and the hymeneal torch was lighted at the altar of love?
From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various
Swinburne expresses his Hellenic longings by his hymeneal strains, Matthew Arnold by sweetness and light, Gilbert Murray by sweetness and pathos—and all through the divine right of Victorian expansion.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
In 1782 he led the amiable and accomplished Miss Elliott to the hymeneal altar and located at the ancestral seat of his wife at Sandy Hill in South Carolina.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
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