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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 465 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEDDING , the See also:

common See also:term for the See also:marriage ceremony. The verb " to wed " is properly to engage by a See also:pledge (0. Eng. wed, a pledge, See also:wager; cf. See also:Lat. vas, vadis; M. Dutch wedde, pledge, See also:pawn; Swed. vad, See also:bet, &c.). The term " wedlock " (0. -Eng. wedldc; from See also:lac, a See also:gift), used of the See also:state of marriage, or the vows and See also:sacrament of marriage, properly means a gift given as a pledge; cf. Ger. Morgengabe, the gift to the See also:bride on the See also:morning after the marriage. See MARRIAGE and See also:FAMILY.

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