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plural brides
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. quotations examples
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 21:9
Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
1746, George Lyttelton, An Irregular Ode
Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
(obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.
third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided
(obsolete) to make a bride of
an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework examples