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bridal(dictionary)
bridal party(dictionary)
bridal suite(dictionary)

bridal (iou)



bridal noun & adjective.
[Old English brd-ealu, formed as BRIDE noun1 + ALE: use and pronunc. strongly infl. by assoc. with adjectives in -AL1.]
A. noun sing. & in pl. A wedding; a nuptial feast. arch. OE.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to a wedding or a bride. LME.
bridal suite in a hotel, a suite of rooms esp. for the use of a newly married couple. bridal wreath any of certain white-flowered ornamental plants; esp. a Chilean pink- or white-flowered plant, Francoa sonchifolia, of the saxifrage family (also called maiden's wreath).
bridally adverb M19.
bridalty noun (rare) a wedding M17.