I consider these more as the privileges of age, than as part of the hymeneal dowry.
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Hymeneal
//hʌɪməˈniːəl//
Synonyms for "hymeneal" (36 found)
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16 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- брачен adj (pertaining to marriage)
- сватбен adj (pertaining to marriage)
- сватбена песен noun (hymn, song or poem)
Finnish
4 entries- aviollinen adj (pertaining to marriage)
- häälaulu noun (hymn, song or poem)
- häämarssi noun (hymn, song or poem)
- hääruno noun (hymn, song or poem)
French
3 entries- hyménal adj (pertaining to hymen)
- hyménéal adj (pertaining to hymen)
- hyménéen adj (pertaining to marriage)
Italian
1 entries- imeneo adj (pertaining to marriage)
Latin
1 entries- hymenaeus adj (pertaining to marriage)
Russian
2 entries- бра́чный adj (pertaining to marriage)
- свадебный adj (pertaining to marriage)
Spanish
1 entries- himeneo adj (pertaining to marriage)
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It seems to me that girls ought to be early taught to discriminate, between the characteristic of a hymeneal connexion and of a dishonourable one apparently resembling it.
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"My dear Copperfield," said Mr. Micawber. "This is luxurious. This is a way of life which reminds me of the period when I was myself in a state of celibacy, and Mrs. Micawber had not yet been solicited to plight her faith at the "Hymeneal" altar."
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Mrs. Gereth evidently thought in these days of little but things hymeneal; for she broke out with sudden rapture in the middle of the week: "I know what they'll do: they will marry, but they'll go and live at Waterbath!"
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