Definition of "hymeneal" [hy•me•ne•al]

• Of or relating to a wedding or marriage. (adjective)
• A wedding song or poem. (noun)
• Archaic A wedding; nuptials. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Manston with feelings which could by any stretch of words be called hymeneal, she calmly owned."
• "They wondered, all of them, if she really was pure, as pure as her name announced her to be, all white banners and hymeneal grace."
• "Tendler also discusses the wedding date of a couple about to be married (if hormonal pills are used to regulate the date, their use must be stopped at the cycle before the wedding, due to the potential of staining), hymeneal bleeding which results in niddah and whether niddah status pertains if full penetration has not occurred."