hymeneal , auch: hymenal

A new and highly respected citizen will lead to the hymeneal altar one of our most popular ladies.

("The business in hand is to bring a criminal to the bar of justice, not to bring a lovelorn couple to the hymeneal altar.")

This is a way of life which reminds me of the period when I was myself in a state of celibacy, and Mrs. Micawber had not yet been solicited to plight her faith at the Hymeneal altar.'

Above them, two putti brandish hymeneal torches, a small zephyr blows a warm breeze of spring and scatter roses, and a circle of joyous butterfly-winged putti surround Felicitas Publica with the caduceus, who showers the couple with gold from her cornucopia.

For "Saturn", Holst again used a previously-composed vocal piece, Dirge and Hymeneal, as the basis for the movement, where repeated chords represent the relentless approach of old age.