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HYMENEALS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hymeneals mean?
• HYMENEALS (noun)
The noun HYMENEALS has 1 sense:
1. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
Familiarity information: HYMENEALS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
hymeneals; nuptials; wedding; wedding ceremony
Hypernyms ("hymeneals" is a kind of...):
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
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