"Tobias night" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "With reference to Tobit 8:1-3, in which Tobias banishes a demon on his wedding-night.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tobias nights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Tobias night (plural Tobias nights)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1922, In various parts of Germany and Switzerland continence is observed for three nights after marriage, which are frequently known as the “Tobias nights”; it is believed that otherwise the wedded life of the couple would be unlucky, whereas if they abstain from intercourse the devil will not be able to do any harm. — Edward Westermarck, History of Human Marriage (Kessinger 2003, p.558)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed."
      ],
      "id": "en-Tobias_night-en-noun-Mrd~LhZe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wedding",
          "wedding"
        ],
        [
          "consummation",
          "consummation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/təʊˈbaɪəs naɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tobias night"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "With reference to Tobit 8:1-3, in which Tobias banishes a demon on his wedding-night.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tobias nights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Tobias night (plural Tobias nights)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1922, In various parts of Germany and Switzerland continence is observed for three nights after marriage, which are frequently known as the “Tobias nights”; it is believed that otherwise the wedded life of the couple would be unlucky, whereas if they abstain from intercourse the devil will not be able to do any harm. — Edward Westermarck, History of Human Marriage (Kessinger 2003, p.558)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wedding",
          "wedding"
        ],
        [
          "consummation",
          "consummation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) A wedding night on which consummation of the marriage is postponed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/təʊˈbaɪəs naɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tobias night"
}