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PROTHALAMION (prothalamia)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prothalamion mean? 

PROTHALAMION (noun)
  The noun PROTHALAMION has 1 sense:

1. a song in celebration of a marriageplay

  Familiarity information: PROTHALAMION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROTHALAMION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A song in celebration of a marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

prothalamion; prothalamium

Hypernyms ("prothalamion" is a kind of...):

epithalamium (an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom)

song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)


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