1. a song or poem written to celebrate a wedding or the bride and groom
Usage: literary; also spelled epithalamium

Examples

• The poet composed an epithalamion to honor the couple on their wedding day.
• Edmund Spenser's Epithalamion is one of the most celebrated examples of the form in English literature.
• Ancient Greek writers often crafted epithalamia for prominent citizens' marriages.
• The epithalamion tradition dates back to classical antiquity.
• She wrote a modern epithalamion blending traditional verse with contemporary imagery.