Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A garment such as is worn at a wedding ceremony or entertainment.
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Examples
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The soul spreads its own hue over everything; the shroud or wedding-garment of nature is woven in the loom of our own feelings.
Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Frederick W. Robertson
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The man who came to the feast without a wedding-garment endorsed substantially the act of those who had proudly refused to comply with the king's invitation.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment?
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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Some soldiers in very high-waisted regimentals were taking aim at Peter Sigmair, who knelt blindfolded, wearing the full peasant costume, which, more ordinary in those days, is still used for marriages, and is consequently represented even now on mortuary tablets as indicative of the heavenly wedding-garment.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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The question whether a wedding-garment was proffered to every guest as he entered, out of the royal store, is attended with some difficulty.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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On both sides it is confessed and silently assumed that the guest had not, but might have had, the wedding-garment on.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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The man who wants his wedding-garment to fit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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The instant that he entered the festive hall the king saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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As to the man that came to the marriage supper without the wedding-garment, Matt.xxii. 11-13; and the five foolish virgins, chap. xxv.; and the dreadful end of the tares, chap.xiii. 38-44, which were the hypocrites, that by the devil's instigation had crept into the Church.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Wheres the cook? is supper ready, the house trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept; the serving-men in their new fustian, their white stockings, and every officer his wedding-garment on?
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