prothalamium


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prothalamion, prothalamium

a nuptial or wedding song or verse.
See also: Marriage
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Noun1.prothalamium - a song in celebration of a marriage
prothalamion
epithalamium - an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom
song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
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His courtship and, in 1594, his marriage produced his sonnet sequence, called 'Amoretti' (Italian for 'Love-poems'), and his 'Epithalamium,' the most magnificent of marriage hymns in English and probably in world-literature; though his 'Prothalamium,' in honor of the marriage of two noble sisters, is a near rival to it.
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Together they join in an epi- and prothalamium, the one
The ritual in "The Novel in The Ring and the Book": Browning, Henry James, Eric Gans

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