WEDDING  , the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TERM

term for the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage ceremony . The verb " to wed " is properly to engage by a See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge (0 . Eng. wed, a pledge, See also:

• WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

wager; cf . See also:

• LAT

Lat. vas, vadis; M . Dutch wedde, pledge, See also:

• PAWN

pawn; Swed. vad, See also:

• BET

bet, &c.) . The term " wedlock " (0 . -Eng. wedldc; from See also:

• LAC

lac, a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift), used of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of marriage, or the vows and See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament of marriage, properly means a gift given as a pledge; cf . Ger . Morgengabe, the gift to the See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride on the See also:

• MORNING

morning after the marriage . See MARRIAGE and See also:

• FAMILY

FAMILY .