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WEDDING

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 465 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEDDING  , the See also:

common See also:term for the See also:marriage ceremony . The verb " to wed " is properly to engage by a See also:pledge (0 . Eng. wed, a pledge, See also:wager; cf . See also:Lat. vas, vadis; M . Dutch wedde, pledge, See also:pawn; Swed. vad, See also:bet, &c.) . The term " wedlock " (0 . -Eng. wedldc; from See also:lac, a See also:gift), used of the See also:state of marriage, or the vows and See also:sacrament of marriage, properly means a gift given as a pledge; cf . Ger . Morgengabe, the gift to the See also:bride on the See also:morning after the marriage . See MARRIAGE and See also:FAMILY .

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