hymeneal

• 'Not we alone have passions hymeneal,' sings an aristocratic poet. —  Prose Fancies
• It must be conceded to him that some capital scenes are the result of this post-hymeneal treatment; that, to illustrate, where the haughty sister of Pamela's husband calls on the woman she believes to be her husband's mistress. —  Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities
• The direct transition from the police station to the bridal altar had interfered with his ante-hymeneal preparations, but the captain was accustomed to interference with preparations, and had long learned to dispense with them when occasion required I don't believe," said the minister's wife to her husband, when the bridal party had left, "that you ever before married such a handsome couple The fact is," said he, "that I never before saw standing together such a fine specimen of a man and such a beautiful, glowing, radiant woman I don't see why you need say that," said she, quickly. —  The Adventures of Captain Horn
• See 203.25, 610.9, 610.21-4 8 Hymen i{o"} Hymen", dancing all around Hymen i{o"} Hymen > (From the Roman hymeneal or bridal song. —  The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
• Gagtooth had rented and furnished a little frame dwelling on the outskirts of the town, on the bank of the river; and thither the couple retired as soon as the hymeneal knot was tied. —  The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales

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