Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom;
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.
[1913 Webster]
The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . .
sung when the bride was led into her chamber. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epithalamium
n 1: an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom