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Webster 1913 Edition


Bridal

Brid′al

,
Adj.
[From
Bride
. Cf.
Bridal
,
Noun.
]
Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial;
as,
bridal
ornaments; a
bridal
outfit; a
bridal
chamber
.

Brid′al

,
Noun.
[OE.
bridale
,
brudale
, AS.
brȳdealo
brideale, bridal feast. See
Bride
, and
Ale
, 2.]
A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The
bridal
of the earth and sky.
Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bridal

BRI'DAL

,
Adj.
[See Bride.] Belonging to a bride, or to a wedding; nuptial; connubial; as bridal ornaments.

BRI'DAL

,
Noun.
The nuptial festival.

Definition 2024


bridal

bridal

English

Noun

bridal (plural bridals)

  1. (now archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:
      the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […].

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bridal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.
    bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber

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