The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epithalamium \Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um\, n.; pl. Epithalamiums, L.
   Epithalamia. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi`
   upon, at + ? bride chamber.]
   A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
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         The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
         sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
                                                  Jonson.
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