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2. Wedding invitation - Wikipedia

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   At the time, the wording of wedding invitations was more elaborate than today; typically, the name of each guest was individually printed on the invitation. The Industrial Revolution [ edit ] Following the invention of Lithography by Alois Senefelder in 1798, it became possible to produce very sharp and distinctive inking without the need for ...

3. Wedding reception - Wikipedia

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   Wedding reception. A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receive society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple. Hosts provide their choice of food and drink, although ...

4. Banns of marriage - Wikipedia

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   Banns of marriage. The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the " banns " or " bans " / ˈbænz / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French ), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.

5. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

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   The host sends invitations to the wedding guests, usually one to two months before the wedding. Invitations may most formally be addressed by hand to show the importance and personal meaning of the occasion. Large numbers of invitations may be mechanically reproduced. As engraving was the highest quality printing technology available in the ...

6. Honorific - Wikipedia

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   The most common honorifics in modern English are usually placed immediately before a person's name. Honorifics used (both as style and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending on marital status: "Miss" if unmarried and "Mrs." if married, widowed, or divorced; more recently, a third ...

7. Wedding - Wikipedia

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   The wedding ceremony is often followed by wedding reception or a wedding breakfast, in which the rituals may include speeches from a groom, best man, father of a bride and possibly a bride, the newlyweds' first dance as a couple, and the cutting of an elegant wedding cake. In recent years traditions have changed to include a father-daughter ...