Definition of "epithalamia" []

• Plural form of epithalamium. (noun)

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• "Next in frequency are the applications for private literary contributions, -- such as epithalamia, obituaries, addresses for lovers, and the like."
• "The bride was lighted to bed by a number of torches, according to her quality; and the company returned in the morning to salute the new married couple, and to sing _epithalamia_ at the door of their bed-chamber."
• "Lucretia was showered with sonnets and epithalamia."