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prothalamium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prothalamium has 1 sense
- prothalamium(n = noun.communication) prothalamion - a song in celebration of a marriage; Array is a kind of epithalamium, song, vocal
CIDE DICTIONARY
prothalamium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. before + chamber, especially, the bridal chamber.].
A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prothalamium, n. (also prothalamion) (pl. prothalamia) a song or poem to celebrate a forthcoming wedding.
Etymology
title of a poem by Spenser, after epithalamium
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