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pronubial

pronubial adjective: promoting, or presiding over, marriage.

Adjective

pronubial (comparative more pronubial, superlative most pronubial)

  1. (rare) Promoting, or presiding over, marriage.
    • Thy Aid, Pronubial Juno, Athamas implores.1753, William Congreve, The works of Mr. William Congreve: In Three Volumes, page 170
    • After a few weeks of pronubial bliss, the authorities suggested the separation of the pair1916, Lucky Bag, volume 23, First Class, United States Naval Academy, page 162

Synonyms of pronubial

Forms of pronubial

comparativemore pronubial
superlativemost pronubial

Origin of pronubial

From Latin prōnuba.

Questions about pronubial

What does pronubial mean?
Pronubial means promoting, or presiding over, marriage.
What part of speech is pronubial?
Pronubial is an adjective.

Words near pronubial in the dictionary

  1. pronto plate
  2. pronto plates
  3. pronto pup
  4. pronto pups
  5. prontosil
  6. pronubial
  7. pronuclear
  8. pronucleate
  9. pronucleated
  10. pronuclei
  11. pronucleophile

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