A dinner for the participants in a wedding ceremony and the families of the couple who are getting married, typically held after a rehearsal of the ceremony on the night before the wedding itself.
the guests who had arrived already were invited to attend the rehearsal dinner
Example sentencesExamples
"No need to stand upon ceremony now that you're going to be part of the family," she'd told him last night at the rehearsal dinner.
Reduce your wedding party to three each and you'll cut the costs of thank-you gifts, bouquets and plates at the rehearsal dinner.
And for this particular wedding, I pulled out all the stops, officially beginning my crying at the rehearsal dinner.
On Friday before the rehearsal dinner some of the gals met up for pedicures and/or manicures in Laurel.
Is the pastor's wife invited to the rehearsal dinner?
All of the hard work for the day was rewarded with a rehearsal dinner at one of the local five-star restaurants and then pseudo-bachelor and bachelorette parties.
They spent the next three hours in Lizzie's bedroom, preparing for the rehearsal dinner.
The rehearsal dinner was held at one of the city's finest Indian restaurants.
Our rehearsal dinner was at a Japanese steakhouse, where everyone sat around and enjoyed the cooking and eating.
Later that night was the rehearsal dinner ... where we met all the relations.
I have a dress for the ladies luncheon, another one for the rehearsal dinner, and another one for the brunch the day after.
Definition of rehearsal dinner in US English:
rehearsal dinner
noun
North American
A dinner for the participants in a wedding ceremony and the families of the couple who are getting married, typically held after a rehearsal of the ceremony on the night before the wedding itself.
the wedding guests who had arrived already were invited to attend the rehearsal dinner
Example sentencesExamples
"No need to stand upon ceremony now that you're going to be part of the family," she'd told him last night at the rehearsal dinner.
And for this particular wedding, I pulled out all the stops, officially beginning my crying at the rehearsal dinner.
On Friday before the rehearsal dinner some of the gals met up for pedicures and/or manicures in Laurel.
Reduce your wedding party to three each and you'll cut the costs of thank-you gifts, bouquets and plates at the rehearsal dinner.
All of the hard work for the day was rewarded with a rehearsal dinner at one of the local five-star restaurants and then pseudo-bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Our rehearsal dinner was at a Japanese steakhouse, where everyone sat around and enjoyed the cooking and eating.
They spent the next three hours in Lizzie's bedroom, preparing for the rehearsal dinner.
Later that night was the rehearsal dinner ... where we met all the relations.
The rehearsal dinner was held at one of the city's finest Indian restaurants.
I have a dress for the ladies luncheon, another one for the rehearsal dinner, and another one for the brunch the day after.
Is the pastor's wife invited to the rehearsal dinner?