"wedding-day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wedding-days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wedding-day (plural wedding-days)
  1. Archaic form of wedding day. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: wedding day
    Sense id: en-wedding-day-en-noun-FEMe2Mdo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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