wedding
A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Example
“Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."”
Other meanings
The joining of two or more parts.
“The wedding of our three companies took place last week.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "weddung" (betrothal, espousal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wedding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.