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wedding day

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wedding day (plural wedding days)

  1. The day or date when a couple weds each other, initiating marriage.
  2. (dated) A wedding anniversary.
    • 1816, George HARROWER, The Refuter Refuted: Or, a Reply to Mr. Giblett's Pamphlet; Entitled, A Refutation of the Calumnies of G. Harrower, Etc, page 40:
      ... both Mr. and Mrs. Giblett returned it , and came to a party which we had at our house , according to annual custom , for the purpose of celebrating our Wedding day []
    • 1897, Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna Tolstai︠a︡, The Countess Tolstoy's Later Diary, 1891-1897, London : V. Gollancz:
      ... celebrating our wedding-day on the 23rd, I spent it very pleasantly. It was the thirty-fifth anniversary, and, although my life is hard at times, I thank God for it for we have stayed blameless towards each other []

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