Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nuptial

Nuptial (nup"shal) , adjective

[Latin nuptialis, from nuptiae marriage, wedding, from nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; compare Greek {not transcribed} bride, nymph: compare French nuptial.]

Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.
Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. — Milton

Nuptial (nup"shalz) , noun

Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.
Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. — Shakespeare
Preparations... for the approaching nuptials. — Prescott