This is a list of common wedding related terms that would likely be encountered while planning and/or attending nuptial services.A
- Anniversary – The yearly recurrence of the date of a special event. If a couple got married on June 1, 2008, their first anniversary would be on June 1, 2009.
- Wedding Announcement – Frequently a printed card that allow a person to inform contacts of an important event or occasion. Common announcements include birth announcements, marriage announcements and moving announcements.
- Address Labels – Small adhesive labels printed with a person's return address information. Typically used on letters, packages and other mail items.
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- Bachelor party – A party for the groom traditionally hosted by his male friends before the wedding.
- Bachelorette party – A party for the bride traditionally hosted by her female friends before the wedding.
- Badeken – A tradition in some Jewish marriages where the groom veils the bride prior to the ceremony.
- Bridesmaid – A close friend or family member who assists the bride on her wedding day and during the course of her wedding planning. Also see Maid of Honor
- Bridal shower – A party thrown for the bride or the engaged couple before the wedding. Traditionally, guests offer gifts to help the couple set up a home together.
- Best Man – A groom's close friend or family member who is traditionally responsible for keeping the rings safe, signing the marriage license and announcing speeches at the reception. The best man also typically delivers a speech or toast.
- Boutonnière – A single flower worn on the lapel of a man's jacket during formal events.
- Bridal shower – A party held to honor and present gifts to someone. Common showers include bridal showers and baby showers.
- Bride's bouquet – A stylish arrangement of flowers carried by the bride as she walks down the aisle during her wedding ceremony. Many brides preserve their bouquets as keepsakes after the wedding.
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- Cake topper – Decorative figurines that a couple places atop their wedding cake as a part of their decorative theme or wedding reception style.
- Cardstock – Thick, luxurious paper used for printing high quality stationery, including wedding invitations.
- Catering – Professional food service provided for an event. Caterers are typically responsible for preparing, presenting and serving food and drinks to guests.
- Chupah – Also spelled Chuppah, is a marriage canopy supported by four poles that is often ornately decorated
- Corsage – A small arrangement of flowers that is either pinned to a woman's dress or worn around her wrist. Corsages are often worn by the mothers and grandmothers of the bride and groom at a wedding ceremony.
- Cummerbund – The wide sash that a man can wear around his waist as part of a formal tuxedo. Many modern grooms choose to forego the cummerbund.
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- Dowry – The money or goods that a bride or her family gives to her new husband.
- Dulha – Hindi term for groom
- Dulhan – Hindi term for bride
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- Engagement – A promise of marriage; the period when a couple has agreed to get married but the wedding has not yet taken place.
- Engagement party – A party thrown to celebrate a couple's recent engagement and to help future wedding guests to get to know one another. Traditionally, the bride's parents host the engagement party, but many modern couples host their own celebration.
- Etiquette – The set of conventional rules or customs governing proper social behavior
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- Favors – Small gifts distributed to guests at parties, showers or other special events.
- Fiancé – The title ascribed to the groom in the period between his engagement and his wedding.
- Fiancée – The title ascribed to the bride in the period between her engagement and her wedding.
- Font – A set of type of a certain style and size that can be used on stationery.
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- Garter – The article of clothing traditionally worn by a bride to hold up her stockings. At many receptions, the groom tosses the garter to all of the single men at the reception as a sign of good luck, similar to the bride tossing her bouquet to the single women in attendance.
- Gift tags – Small stationery items used for party favors and other presents. They can be adhesive or non-adhesive, folded designs. Many couples customize their gift tags to include their names and the date of their ceremony.
- Guestbook – A book signed with messages of love and appreciation by guests attending a special occasion. The guestbook is often cherished as a keepsake after the event.
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- Hora – A chair or circle dance common at Jewish weddings in which the bride and groom are frequently hoisted in the air in chairs by guests.
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- Ketubah – A Jewish marriage contract which explains the basic material, conjugal and moral responsibilities of the husband to his wife. It is designed to protect the rights of the women in the event that she is widowed or divorced.
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- Letterpress – The oldest and most versatile method of printing still in use today, the letterpress process uses metal plates with raised printing areas. Ink touches only the top surface of the raised areas, and the inked image is then transferred directly to the paper, leaving indented text and images. Sometimes a slight embossing appears on the reverse side of the paper.
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- Maid of Honor – An unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of the bride, holds the bride's bouquet during the vows and typically says a speech at the reception. She is usually a very close friend or family member.
- Matron of Honor – A married woman who is the chief attendant of the bride, holds the bride's bouquet during the vows and typically says a speech at the reception. She is usually a very close friend or family member.
- Mehendi – Also known as henna, commonly applied to hands and feet prior to wedding ceremonies
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- Nikah – A Turkish term for marriage, also defined as “contract”
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- Officiant – A person who performs a religious service or ceremony, including a wedding ceremony.
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- Place cards – A small card printed with the name of a guest on it and placed at an appointed table to indicate where the guest should sit.
- Pre-shipped envelopes – A service that allows a customer to order and receive envelopes before placing a final order for customized cards or invitations.
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- Reception – A party, conventionally including dinner, dancing, speeches and other fun events, held after a wedding ceremony.
- Rehearsal dinner – The dinner party held after the wedding party gathers to rehearse their parts in the wedding ceremony.
- Response card – Also called an RSVP card, a response card is a small stationery item included inside of an invitation that encourages guests to indicate whether or not they will attend the event. Guests are expected to fill out their response cards and mail them back to the party host.
- Ring pillow – The pillow used by the ring bearer to carry the bride and groom's wedding rings down the aisle during the wedding ceremony.
- RSVP – An acronym for the French request, "Répondez s'il vous plaît," RSVP commonly refers to a reply to an invitation that indicates whether a person will be attending an event or not.
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- Save the date card – A personalized stationery item sent six months in advance of a couple's wedding ceremony to alert future guests of the date and location of the event. Save the date cards enable guests to make travel arrangements, reserve that date on their calendars and plan ahead for the wedding festivities.
- Shaadi – Hindi word, commonly used for wedding
- Stationery – Fine paper and envelopes used for writing letters, notes and other greetings. Popular stationery categories include announcements, party invitations, business stationery and bridal stationery.
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- Thank you card – A stationery item sent to friends, family members and other social contacts to offer a written message of gratitude from the sender.
- Thermography – Thermographic printing is a sleek and modern printi
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