wedding

name

1. A district of Mitte borough, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2. A district of Mitte borough, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
3. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

1. A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

   “Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."”

   “Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz.”

2. The joining of two or more parts.

   “The wedding of our three companies took place last week.”

   “1900, Eve Emery Dye, McLoughlin and Old Oregon, 2005 facsimile edition, page 56, That wedding of the fur companies is historic.”

verb

Etymology: A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.

1. To participate in a wedding.

   “"Snowball" was the name of this good steed, and great care had evidently been taken in her grooming to make her worthy of her name, her bridle being also gaily decked with coloured ribbons, for, as John said, when attending to these duties, "You don't go out a weddinging every day, do you, old gal?"”

   “"Where you goin' get weddinged?" she inquired one day. / "We shall be married at the Episcopal Church, Yin Yang,"”