bridal
adjective [before noun] /ˈbraɪ.dəl/Definition
› of a woman about to be married, or of a marriage ceremony: The magazine had a section on bridal wear (= the clothes that a woman wears at her marriage). We stayed in the hotel's bridal suite (= the rooms for recently married people).Relating to weddings
(Definition of bridal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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