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The term bride appears in combination with many words, some of which are obsolete. Thus, "bridegroom" is a newly married man, and "bride-bell," "bride-banquet" are old equivalents of wedding-bells, wedding-breakfast. "Bridal" (from Bride-ale), originally the wedding-feast itself, has grown into a general descriptive adjective, the bridal ceremony.
Bride price, bride-dowry, bride-wealth, [1] bride service or bride token, is money, property, or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the woman or ...
Groom (left) wearing military uniform, with his bride (right) in 1942 Modern Bangladeshi bridegroom. A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man and ...
A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in developing countries seeking men from more developed nations. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less ...
An 1880 Baxter process illustration of Revelation 22:17 by Joseph Martin Kronheim. The bride of Christ, or the lamb's wife, [1] is a metaphor used in number of related verses in the Christian Bible, specifically the New Testament – in the Gospels, the Book of Revelation, the Epistles, with related verses in the Old Testament.
The bride, whom Kim has never met, signed the letter with an "xoxo" before adding a postscript message with her phone number, though noting that a response from her wasn't necessary.
Even though the bride already had a chance to receive gifts and monetary donations from her co-workers, it apparently wasn't enough. The co-worker claimed that the married woman saw this year's ...
A bride-to-be is questioning if she "overreacted" by calling off her wedding after receiving a surprise gift from her fiancé: a fixer-upper home for them to live in “Now, I get that it can be a ...