- Formal union - Nuptial - Nuptial rites - Wedlock - The act of marrying, or the state of being married;
legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;
wedlock; matrimony. - The marriage vow or contract. - A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
- Concerning marriage - Conjugal - Of marriage - Relating to marriage or weddings - Wedding related - Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding;
as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. - Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the
plural.
- Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;
matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. - Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the
plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.