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white wedding

white wedding noun: a traditional wedding ceremony, typically in a church, in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, symbolic of her virginity.

Noun

white wedding (plural white weddings)

  1. A traditional wedding ceremony, typically in a church, in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, symbolic of her virginity.
    • More generally, the fact that a pregnant bride does not have a full white wedding serves to confirm the respectability and ‘virginity’ of those who do.1978, Marie P. Corbin, The Couple, page 71
    • The concept of virginity is capable of arousing many associations - everything from white weddings to patriarchy – but Bob Hope's oneliner only activates one particular set, its chronological implications.1987, Jerry Palmer, The logic of the absurd: On film and television comedy, page 71

white wedding meaning in Persian

white wedding in Persian

wedding routine
عروسی سفید

Examples of white wedding in a sentence

  • Oh, yes, she'd be a virgin when she married – otherwise she couldn't have a proper white wedding.1989, Julie Mitchell, Sunday Afternoons, page 77:
  • Maybe she was a hypocrite, but she promoted the old-fashioned morality of virginity and white weddings to her daughter.1989, Sandra K. Roades, Yesterday's Embers, page 152:

Forms of white wedding

pluralwhite weddings

Questions about white wedding

What does white wedding mean?
White wedding means a traditional wedding ceremony, typically in a church, in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, symbolic of her virginity.
What is white wedding in Persian?
White wedding in Persian is عروسی سفید. See White wedding meaning in Persian.
How do you use white wedding in a sentence?
Oh, yes, she'd be a virgin when she married – otherwise she couldn't have a proper white wedding.
What part of speech is white wedding?
White wedding is a noun.
What is the plural of white wedding?
The plural of white wedding is white weddings.

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