nuptials
Britishplural noun
Explanation
When you go to someone's wedding, you are attending their nuptials, a fancier way of talking about a wedding ceremony. If you take away the "s" in nuptials, it is used like an adjective to mean "related to marriage." You could say that your newlywed friends are living in nuptial bliss, or if you like them less, that their wedding, with fireworks and a horse-drawn carriage, was a perfect example of nuptial excess.
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Example Sentences
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The 64-year-old “Ace Ventura” star married Ah in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles, with a representative for the actor confirming the nuptials to People.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The director of the FBI and his longtime girlfriend, country western singer Alexis Wilkins, announced their looming nuptials on social media over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the run-up to her nuptials, Clark presented her own “wife school” series that made marriage sound so miserable that a reasonable viewer’s only conclusion was to avoid being a wife altogether.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Speaking at the celebrations, Damari's mother Mandy spoke about the 471 days her daughter was held in captivity, and told the couple that their nuptials "means more to me than just a wedding".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
A crisis in a heroines life could be made to coincide with hailstones, gales and thunder, whereas nuptials were generally blessed with good light and soft breezes.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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