nuptial mass
Americannoun
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Well-to-do medieval couples, having exchanged vows in the porch, proceeded into church for a nuptial mass.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2010
Ireland, officiated at the high nuptial mass in Baltimore Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
A dynamic, youngish priest whom they all knew, Father Henri Roy, celebrated a nuptial mass after 105 priests made the couples men and wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under these circumstances it was not possible to have a nuptial mass.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
If the ceremony has been a nuptial mass, in the Catholic or High Church ritual, the bridal party have—presumably—observed the fast, before the mass; therefore, the "breakfast" is really a breakfast.
From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.
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