What is "hymeneal" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hymeneal mean in English? Meaning of hymeneal definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hymeneal" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hymeneal": a wedding hymn

Noun

  • Meaning: a wedding hymn
  • Synonyms: hymeneal
  • Hypernyms: anthem hymn
  • Meaning of "hymeneal": of or relating to a wedding or marriage

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to a wedding or marriage
  • Example: hymeneal rites
  • Synonyms: hymeneal
  • Adjective: Pertaining to marriage. 1806, Jane West, Letters to a Young Lady, vol I: I consider these more as the privileges of age, than as part of the hymeneal dowry. 1831, Anna Maria Winter, Thoughts on the Moral Order of Nature, vol. III, IV.3.vii: 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. 2005, Catherine Bennett, The Guardian, 23 Jun 2005: Is it so difficult to wait until you are out of the register office to exchange some home-made vows and a selection of inspiring hymeneal ditties - To His Coy Mistress, for instance, or some lines from The Hollow Men?1806, Jane West, Letters to a Young Lady, vol I: I consider these more as the privileges of age, than as part of the hymeneal dowry.1831, Anna Maria Winter, Thoughts on the Moral Order of Nature, vol. III, IV.3.vii: 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.2005, Catherine Bennett, The Guardian, 23 Jun 2005: Is it so difficult to wait until you are out of the register office to exchange some home-made vows and a selection of inspiring hymeneal ditties - To His Coy Mistress, for instance, or some lines from The Hollow Men?(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hymen. 1978, AS Byatt, The Virgin in the Garden, p. 422: ‘It doesn't seem to qualify as a haemorrhage,’ he said, with his usual cocky certainty. ‘Just heavy hymeneal bleeding, I'd say.’1978, AS Byatt, The Virgin in the Garden, p. 422: ‘It doesn't seem to qualify as a haemorrhage,’ he said, with his usual cocky certainty. ‘Just heavy hymeneal bleeding, I'd say.’
  • Synonyms:

    espousal, nuptial, spousal, conjugal, connubial, marital, matrimonial, epithalamic, nubile, pre-wedding, prothalamic, connubial, bridal, married, matrimonial, nuptial, wedded, spousal, conjugal, married, matrimonial, nuptial, wedded, spousal, nuptial, conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, wedded,

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