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BRIDAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast

Synonyms:

bridal; espousal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bridal" is a kind of...):

marriage; marriage ceremony; wedding (the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to a bride

Example:

bridal gown

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bride (a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony)

Derivation:

bride (a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a wedding

Example:

marriage vows

Synonyms:

bridal; nuptial; spousal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bridal (archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast)

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 Context examples: 

I also doubt if any young matron ever began life with so rich a supply of dusters, holders, and piece bags, for Beth made enough to last till the silver wedding came round, and invented three different kinds of dishcloths for the express service of the bridal china.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But the crowning joke was Mr. Laurence and Aunt March, for when the stately old gentleman chasseed solemnly up to the old lady, she just tucked her cane under her arm, and hopped briskly away to join hands with the rest and dance about the bridal pair, while the young folks pervaded the garden like butterflies on a midsummer day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I was bridesmaid. I came into her room half an hour before the bridal dinner, and found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress—and as drunk as a monkey. She had a bottle of sauterne in one hand and a letter in the other.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)