- prothalamium
- pro·tha·la·mi·um
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Prothalamium — Prothalamion Pro tha*la mi*on, Prothalamium Pro tha*la mi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ? chamber, especially, the bridal chamber.] A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prothalamium — noun see prothalamion … New Collegiate Dictionary
prothalamium — /proh theuh lay mee euhm/, n., pl. prothalamia / mee euh/. prothalamion. * * * … Universalium
prothalamium — noun epithalamium … Wiktionary
prothalamium — [ˌprəʊθə leɪmɪəm] noun (plural prothalamia mɪə) literary a song or poem celebrating a forthcoming wedding. Origin C16: from Prothalamion, the title of a poem by Spenser, on the pattern of epithalamium … English new terms dictionary
prothalamium — n. (pl.) mia), song in honour of a marriage … Dictionary of difficult words
prothalamium — n. (also prothalamion) (pl. prothalamia) a song or poem to celebrate a forthcoming wedding. Etymology: title of a poem by Spenser, after epithalamium * * * noun a song in celebration of a marriage • Syn: ↑prothalamion • Hypernyms: ↑song, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Prothalamion — Pro tha*la mi*on, Prothalamium Pro tha*la mi*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ? chamber, especially, the bridal chamber.] A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prothalamion — or prothalamium noun (plural prothalamia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pro + thalamion (as in epithalamion) Date: 1597 a song in celebration of a marriage … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ode — This article is about the form of lyrical verse. For other uses, see Ode (disambiguation). Ode (from the Ancient Greek ὠδή) is a type of lyrical verse. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode … Wikipedia
