noun

nuptials

NUP-shuhlz/ˈnʌpʃlz/

A wedding ceremony and its celebrations.

The couple celebrates their nuptials with family and close friends.

Two adult spouses exchange rings in a wedding ceremony with one officiant, joyful but natural; clear nuptials action, no religious assumptions beyond chosen setting.

Etymology

nuptLatinto marry

+ialLatinpertaining to

+sEnglishplural

From the marrying root came an adjective meaning 'pertaining to a wedding,' then a noun naming the wedding itself. Its now-fixed plural form can refer to a single wedding.

In context

Real Crime17:35

as colin knew her on the day of the wedding the registrar rather conveniently never turned up to perform the nuptials

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More examples

Their nuptials take place in a small garden.
We receive an invitation to their spring nuptials.
The hotel offers a ballroom for lavish nuptials.

Forms

nuptials

nuptial adjective — Relating to marriage or a wedding.

Similar words

wedding: The everyday term for the ceremony and related celebrations.
marriage: Can name the wedding ceremony or the resulting legal relationship.