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nuptial | American Dictionary

nuptial
adjective[ not gradable ]
 fmlus/ˈnʌp·ʃəl, -tʃəl/
relating to marriage:
nuptial vows

Examples of nuptial

nuptial
Due recognition must also be given to changes in nuptial fertility and to apparently changing perceptions of the roles of marriage and the family.
They argue that the red nuptial colouration may simultaneously signal both the degree of exposure to prevalent parasites and genetic resistance towards such parasites.
She rejects his posturing and quickly moves to the next day's nuptial arrangements.
In the laboratory, infected males readily built nests, developed red nuptial coloration, and courted females.
In most cases nuptial births only will be considered as these data are more reliable and ages for both parents are available.
The expression of the nuptial colouration may consequently reflect the male's foraging ability, or else its capability of efficiently turning carotenoids into visual signals.
Moreover, between 1965 and 1971 the proportion of pre-marital pregnancies resulting in nuptial birth declined.
Nuptial madrigals were printed as a set of single leaves, one for each voice-part.
One further point, related to the identity of the witnesses to the nuptial agreements, has to be stressed here.
The point to be made, therefore, is that both nuptial and ex-nuptial childbearing patterns have undergone changes.
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