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nuptials

nup·tials

UK/ˈnʌp.ʃəlz/ US/ˈnʌp.t͡ʃ(ʊ)əlz/ uncommon

noun

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the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

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From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.

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