bridalty

noun3

1. •
   Any of the various items or rituals that are part of a wedding celebration, especially those concerning the bride.

   • Amusingly written letter about postponing a wedding ceremony at which the Dean was to officiate, discussing arrangements and referring to "toys & trinkets and bridalities of all sorts." — 1958
2. •
   (no longer used) A wedding.

   • "Were she even that, and death the high priest who should solemnize our bridality, I would to my grave with rapture, if only her beauty shared it with me," returned the passionate Italian . — 1856
3. •
   (no longer used) celebration of the wedding feast; wedding reception.

   • […] bridality is to take place this evening […] in the Pineroom at Oglebay Park — 1940