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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

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

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