Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In general, an invitation or notification sent out on the occasion of a marriage; specifically, two cards, one bearing the name of the bride and the other that of the groom.
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Examples
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Not five minutes since I sent his wedding-cards out to the dust-hole, and tossed the letter that came with them into the fire.
No Name 2003
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A fashionable and popular physician would be swamped with wedding-cards if that were the custom.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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Her wedding-cards should show her maiden name as part of her full name.
The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions Walter Cox Green
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After the wedding-cards are issued she should not appear at any social function, or make any personal visits, or be seen at any place of amusement.
The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions Walter Cox Green
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Before the wedding-cards are issued the woman should leave her card personally at the homes of her friends, but without entering.
The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions Walter Cox Green
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As invitations are now directed by the hundreds by hired amanuenses, a lady should carefully revise her list, in order that no names of persons deceased may be written on her cards; but the members of the family who remain, and who have suffered a loss, should be carefully remembered, and should not be pained by seeing the name of one who has departed included in the invitations or wedding-cards.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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A few weeks after my aunt's marriage I received the wedding-cards of
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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It is now a very convenient and pleasant custom for the bride to announce with her wedding-cards two or more reception days during the winter after her marriage, on which her friends can call upon her.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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Among our other letters this morning was a package from London containing the dainty wedding-cards of a beautiful young American pianist (Teresa Carreño) and her handsome violinist husband, accompanied by a long letter from the bride.
The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Cecilia Pauline Cleveland
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I did not know a thing about it until I received their wedding-cards.
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell
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