Definitions for bridal
ˈbraɪd lbridal

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bridal, espousaladjective

   archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast

2. bridal, nuptial, spousaladjective

   of or relating to a wedding

   "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows"

3. bridaladjective

   of or pertaining to a bride

   "bridal gown"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bridalnoun

   A wedding.

2. bridalnoun

   A wedding feast.

3. bridaladjective

   Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

4. Etymology: bef. 1100; ME bridale wedding feast, OE brȳdealu, equiv. to brȳd bride + ealu ale, i.e., ale-drinking; now taken as bride + -al

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bridaladjective

   Belonging to a wedding; nuptial; connubial.

   Etymology: from bride.

   Our wedding chear to a sad fun’ral feast,
   Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,
   Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse. William Shakespeare.

   Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber. William Shakespeare.

   The amorous bird of night
   Sung spousal, and bid haste the ev’ning star,
   On his hill-top to light the bridal lamp. Parad. Lost, b. viii.

   Your ill-meaning politician lords,
   Under pretence of bridal friends and guests,
   Appointed to await me thirty spies. John Milton, Agonist. l. 1195.

   When to my arms thou brought’st thy virgin love,
   Fair angels sung our bridal hymn above. Dryden.

   With all the pomp of woe, and sorrow’s pride!
   Oh, early lost! oh, fitter to be led
   In chearful splendour to the bridal bed! William Walsh.

   For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring,
   For her white virgins hymenæals sing. Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abel.

2. Bridalnoun

   The nuptial festival.

   Nay, we must think, men are not gods;
   Nor of them look for such observance always,
   As fits the bridal. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
   The bridal of the earth and sky,
   Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night;
   For thou must die. George Herbert.

   In death’s dark bow’rs our bridals we will keep,
   And his cold hand
   Shall draw the curtain when we go to sleep. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Bridalnoun

   of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber

2. Bridalnoun

   a nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bridal

   brīd′al, n. a marriage feast: a wedding.—adj. belonging to a bride or a wedding: nuptial. [Bride, and Ale, a feast.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bridal

   Relating to a bride.

   The bridal party arrived at the dress shop together.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 16, 2020  

Anagrams for bridal »

1. ribald

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bridal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bridal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bridal in a Sentence

1. Jamie Singleton:

   This is the high season for bridal jewelry. There are a tremendous number of couples who get engaged from Thanksgiving through to the New Year, and we're ready to go.

2. Jamie Singleton:

   This is very Millennial-based, and frankly they are the demographic that represents most of the shoppers in the bridal category anyway, the lesser cost of a lab-created diamond allows couples to buy a larger stone.

3. Charlotte Tilbury:

   I was so thrilled and honored to be asked to design Britney’s bridal beauty look! britney is an icon of our time who has inspired and empowered us all with her joy and positive energy. She’s such a natural beauty and has the most mesmerizing big, brown eyes.

4. Christine Gilbert:

   I ordered a limo, and then we booked a couple of different bridal salons, it was on a Saturday, I think the week before Valentine's Day.

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