Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. {Nuptials}. Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. --Shak. Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. --Prescott.
nuptials n : the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: {wedding}, {wedding ceremony}, {hymeneals}]