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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS br[=y]d; akin to OFries breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D. bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r, Sw & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; cf Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.] 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. --Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. --Rev. xxi. 9. 2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. {Bride of the sea}, the city of Venice. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bride \Bride\, v. t. To make a bride of [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bride n 1: a woman who has recently been married 2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland [syn: {Bridget}, {Saint Bridget}, {St. Bridget}, {Brigid}, {Saint Brigid}, {St. Brigid}, {Bride}, {Saint Bride}, {St. Bride}] 3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bride frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13). From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: BRIDE, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her
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