hymeneal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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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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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
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
Since that time their happiness has never had the least interruption; except from the hymeneal expedition of my friend Henry.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia
And Keats the real Adonis with the hymeneal Fresh vernal buds half sunk between His youthful curls, kissed straight and sheen In his Rome-grave, by Venus queen.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
The value of living—which is loving; the sacredest wonders of life; all that is fairest and of best delight in thought, in feeling, yea, in substance,—all are apprehended under the floral crown and hymeneal veil.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
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