Meaning & use
nuptials
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a wedding ceremony.
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The couple's nuptials took place in a small chapel overlooking the sea.
Guests traveled from around the world to attend the royal nuptials.
A note on using this word
Nuptials is a formal or somewhat old-fashioned word, almost always used in the plural, and common in news headlines about weddings.
Words with a similar meaning
weddingmarriage ceremony
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