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单词 epithalamium
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Definition of epithalamium in English:

epithalamium

nounPlural epithalamiums, Plural epithalamia ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm
  • A song or poem celebrating a marriage.

    新婚喜歌(或颂诗)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator.
    • If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium.
    • But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium.
    • But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense.
    • In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia.

Derivatives

  • epithalamic

  • adjective ˌɛpɪθəˈlamɪk

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi 'upon' + thalamos 'bridal chamber'.

Rhymes

prothalamium

Definition of epithalamium in US English:

epithalamium

(also epithalamion)
nounˌepəTHəˈlāmēəmˌɛpəθəˈleɪmiəm
  • A song or poem celebrating a marriage.

    新婚喜歌(或颂诗)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Green also chose ‘She Like the Moon Arises’, a very slight love poem, and ‘Celebration of Love’, a long and ambitious, but flawed epithalamium.
    • In this case, the five repetitions of ‘joy’ even have a possible numerological significance, since five is a ‘nuptial number’ frequently used in epithalamia.
    • But if I take it in mind to publish an epithalamium without the author's consent, I commit an offense.
    • The Visigoths had openly aped the imperial court when King Athaulf married Galla Placidia in 411, a marriage celebrated by an official epithalamium (marriage-poem) delivered by a senator.
    • If we take Byron seriously, we can turn the mask of tragedy into the mask of comedy only by replacing the elegy with the epithalamium.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek epithalamion, from epi ‘upon’ + thalamos ‘bridal chamber’.

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