PROTHALAMIUM


Meaning of PROTHALAMIUM in English

[ 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 .

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