hymeneal
pronunciation
How to pronounce hymeneal in British English:
UK ['haɪme'ni:əl]
How to pronounce hymeneal in American English:
US [ˌhaɪmə'niəl]
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- Noun:
- a wedding hymn
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a wedding or marriage
Word Origin
- hymeneal (adj.)
- c. 1600, "of or relating to a marriage;" as a noun, "wedding hymn," from 1717; from Latin hymenaeus, from Greek hymenaios "belonging to wedlock, wedding, wedding song," from Hymen, Greek god of marriage.
Example
- 1. The upshot of miss ley 's investigation was that once again the hymeneal path had not been found strewn with roses .