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It used to be a common practice in the country, in sending marriages to the press, to tack on a bit of poetry in the shape of some sweet hymenial sentimentality.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Preparations for the hymenial ceremony were making, and invitations had already gone abroad.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton

It has a peculiarity in the fact that the hymenial cells, or the layer of mother cells, contained in the gills, change into a waxy mass, at length removable from the trama.

From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Dallas, Ellen M.

If a section of the gills be examined by a microscope, it will be observed that upon both sides of the surface are extended hymenial layers.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Preparations for the hymenial ceremony were making, and invitations had already gone abroad.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton