1. a song or poem written to celebrate a wedding or the bride and groom
Usage: literary; formal; often used in classical or Renaissance contexts

Examples

• The poet composed an epithalamium to honor the couple on their wedding day.
• Renaissance writers often crafted elaborate epithalamiums for noble marriages.
• The epithalamium praised the bride's beauty and the groom's virtue.
• Classical epithalamiums were performed at wedding celebrations in ancient Greece and Rome.
• She wrote a modern epithalamium that blended traditional and contemporary themes.