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1. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
   - wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
    
2. The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
   - marriage, marriage ceremony
    
3. A party of people at a wedding
   - wedding party

1. Take in marriage
   - marry, get married, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse, get hitched, tie the knot
    
2. Perform a marriage ceremony
   "We were wed the following week"
   - marry, tie, splice

Derived forms: weddings

See also: antenuptial, hymeneal, postnuptial, spousal

Type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance, officiate, party, rite, ritual, unify, unite

Encyclopedia: Wed