wedding day en · NOUN
Meanings
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The day or date when a couple weds each other, initiating marriage.
John discovered himself to his parents, and Elizabeth to hers, and the wedding-day was soon fixed, and such a wedding was never seen; before or since in the island of Rügen[.]
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 312:
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(dated) A wedding anniversary.
... celebrating our wedding-day on the 23rd, I spent it very pleasantly. It was the thirty-fifth anniversary, and, although my life is hard at times, I thank God for it for we have stayed blameless towards each other[…]
1897, Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna Tolstai︠a︡, The Countess Tolstoy's Later Diary, 1891-1897, London : V. Gollancz:... both Mr. and Mrs. Giblett returned it , and came to a party which we had at our house , according to annual custom , for the purpose of celebrating our Wedding day[…]
1816, George HARROWER, The Refuter Refuted: Or, a Reply to Mr. Giblett's Pamphlet; Entitled, A Refutation of the Calumnies of G. Harrower, Etc, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wedding-day | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| wedding days | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
hi शादी का दिन (Translations) · nl bruiloftsdag (Translations) · fr jour de mariage (Translations) · no bryllupsdag (Translations) · fi hääpäivä (Translations) · izh pulmapäivä (Translations) · hi विवाह का दिन (Translations) · pl dzień ślubu (Translations) · de Hochzeitstag (Translations) · nl trouwdag (Translations) · fr jour de noces (Translations) · nl huwelijksdag (Translations) · et pulmapäev (Translations)