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wedding
WEDDINGS WEDDINGS. Weddings are a universal life cycle event where rituals and ceremony display a group's interest, whether conspicuously or obscurely, in economics, organizational balance, power, and social forms. Nuptials allow families and couples to establish a new status in society; this is... Read more |
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Wedding March
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The Member of the Wedding
Member of the Wedding, The, novel by Carson McCullers, published in 1946 and dramatized by the novelist in 1950.Frankie Adams, a lonely, sensitive, 12‐year‐old girl, lives in a small Southern town with her widowed father and Berenice Sadie Brown, the warm, understanding,... Read more |
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Cana
Cana , ancient town of Galilee. According to the Gospel of St. John it was here that Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding.... Read more |
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Eris
Eris , in Greek religion, goddess of strife. Angered at not being invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, she threw down the apple of discord (see Paris , in Greek mythology). Author not available, ERIS., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006... Read more |
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Honeymoon
Honeymoon The honeymoon is a peculiarly modern creation. Building on wedding customs of Europe in the late 1800s, the honeymoon has evolved into a ritual that nearly all people in the United States and Canada practice and that has grown in popularity around the world (Bulcroft, Smeins, and... Read more |
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Beauty
beauty In Greek mythology, Paris was called to judge who of three goddesses, Aphrodite, Hera, and Pallas Athene, was the fairest. Eris, the goddess of discord, started the trouble when she appeared at a wedding, and threw a golden apple inscribed ‘For the Fairest’. The result was a... Read more |
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chimera
chimera In classical myth, the Chimera is one of many creatures combining the identities of human and beast, or merging features of more than one animal. In classical thought, these hybrids are sometimes divine: the god Pan, for example, is represented as part goat. Human– animal hybrids... Read more |
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Eleonora
Eleonora, story by Poe, in The Gift (1842). This brief romance tells of a youth reared with his cousin Eleonora in the beautiful Valley of the Many‐Colored Grass. They fall in love, but she dies after he pledges never to wed “any daughter of Earth.” Grieving, he goes to a... Read more |
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Abies Irish Rose
Abie's Irish Rose (1922), a comedy by Anne Nichols. [Fulton Theatre, 2,327 perf.] Because of their fathers' strong religious prejudices, Abie Levy ( Robert B. Williams) and Rose Mary Murphy ( Marie Carroll) have been secretly married by a Methodist minister. When Abie first introduces her to... Read more |
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wedding
wedding • noun a noon wedding at St. Mark'ssynonyms: marriage (service/ceremony/rites), nuptials, union, commitment ceremony; archaic espousal. |
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marriage
...matrimony, wedlock, conjugal bond, union, match. 2. invited to their marriagesynonyms: marriage ceremony, wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials. 3. the marriage of their skillssynonyms: alliance, union, merger, unification, amalgamation... |
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ring
...the rings around Saturn synonyms: circle, band, loop, hoop, halo, disk. 2. she wore a ring synonyms: wedding ring, wedding band, band. 3. a circus ring synonyms: arena, enclosure, field, ground; amphitheater, stadium. 4. a... |
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nuptials
nuptials • plural noun synonyms: wedding, wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony, marriage. |
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buffet
buffet1 • noun 1. a wedding buffetsynonyms: smorgasbord; inf. spread. 2. buying a buffet for the dining roomsynonyms: sideboard, cabinet, china cabinet/cupboard. |
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cake
...Tatin tea cake timbale tiramisù toffee pudding torte tortoni tres leches trifle upside-down cake vacherin vanilla pudding wedding cake whoopie pie zabaglione zuppa inglese See also tables at candy, cookie, doughnut, pastry, and pie. |
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ceremony
ceremony • noun 1. a wedding ceremonysynonyms: rite, service, formality, observance, function, custom, sacrament, show.See ceremonial noun . 2. conducted with... |
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dress
...maternity dress Mother Hubbard muumuu off-the-shoulder dress pinafore princess dresssack dress sari sarong sheath shift shirtdress shirtwaist skimmer slip dress strapless dress sundress tank dress tea gown tube dress tunic wedding gown |
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hall
...lobby, foyer, vestibule; atrium, concourse; passageway, passage, corridor, entryway. 2. we booked a hall for the wedding synonyms: banquet hall, community center, assembly room, meeting room, chamber; auditorium, concert hall, theater. |
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mingle
...combine, merge, fuse, unite, join, amalgamate, meld, mesh; literary commingle.antonyms: separate, be separated. 2. wedding guests mingled in the lobby synonyms: socialize, circulate, fraternize, get together, associate with others; informal... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Wedding tips from the Web ; More and more bridal couples are using the Net to...
...schedules ... it's wedding season. According...theweddingreport.com, most weddings take place during...York and 5,280 weddings in Erie County...800 for their wedding. But, let's face it, today's weddings aren't so average... |
 "Mail Today (New Delhi, India)")
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WEDDING FATTERINDIAN.
...crore is spent on weddings every year in India. But celebrity wedding planner Vandana...are hosting the wedding in India, a must...chefs. Why are weddings becoming bigger...consultancy. Now a wedding photographer, Radhik...shoots for three weddings a month -- and... |
 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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Wedding service is no longer a privilege of just the rich and famous.
...personalized weddings. The number...professional wedding consultants in...personal stamp on weddings. A recent example of a wedding trend is projecting...have a normal wedding," Lanis said...Martha Stewart Weddings is considered... |
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Wedding planners not just for wealthy anymore.
...personalized weddings. The number...professional wedding consultants in...personal stamp on weddings. A recent example of a wedding trend is projecting...have a normal wedding," Lanis said...Martha Stewart Weddings is considered... |
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Wedding industry vows to be interesting.
...aspect of the wedding process, need...specialize in weddings. People who...planning their weddings. For someone...create customized wedding invitations...Pursuing a career in weddings is challenging, but wedding professionals... |
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Wedding bell blues being sung by guests; Goin' to the chapel of someone...
...you just get inundated with wedding invitations," said Darcy...director of Martha Stewart Weddings, a magazine that's helped fuel the big-wedding trend. "There are more destination [out-of-town] weddings, more events around weddings... |
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Wedding planners aren't just for the wealthy anymore
...everything, weddings are one of those...imaginations fed by wedding magazines, cable...personal stamp on weddings. A recent example of a wedding trend is projecting...have a normal wedding," Lanis said...Martha Stewart Weddings is considered... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Wedding bills: Marriage is a $250 million industry in Utah
...about $70 billion on weddings in 2006. Utah has about 450 "wedding professionals...coordinators, and wedding Web sites. Weddings in Utah not only mark...the amount spent on a wedding nationally. Weddings for members of The... |
 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Wedding planners willing, able to 'I do' it all for you.
...Nwaomah wanted to be the wedding planner. As taken as...with the romance of weddings, she was more fascinated...the Association for Wedding Professionals International...involved in holding their weddings and [wedding planning] is a way... |
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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wedding disasters; YOUR wedding day should be the happiest day of your life -...
...the hype surrounding a wedding it is easy to spend...important item of all - a wedding insurance policy. Even though cover for weddings has been available for...generator packs up. '' Weddings should be a lot of fun...wrong.'' Special wedding insurance is offered... |
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