[ 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 .
[ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004