Across
- 2. the phrase “tying the knot” originates from this
- 4. celebratory word used just for weddings
- 6. male companion to the bride
- 7. one-man women
- 11. joining of hands
- 15. the 9th day before ides
- 16. a woman on her wedding day
- 19. the wife only wore this on her wedding day
- 21. the coin that the bride gave to her husband, carried in her hand, and kept in her shoe
- 23. when the wife is placed under legal control of the husband
- 24. marriage ceremony involving numerous witnesses and animal sacrifice, usually reserved for patrician families
- 25. Law that two would be married after living together for a year.
Down
- 1. the 1st of each month which is considered unlucky to be married on
- 3. flame colored veil that covered the face of the bride and
- 5. women that were abducted to marry
- 8. iron band worn on the 4th finger of the left hand
- 9. the maid of honor that had to be univira
- 10. a ring engraved with “joining hands”
- 12. what the wedding ceremony was considered in ancient Rome
- 13. essentially the wedding dress
- 14. crown the bride wore to represent her fertility
- 17. used commonly by plebians, marriage by purchase
- 18. the middle of each month (maybe the 15th or 13th) considered unlucky to be married on
- 20. the right to marry
- 22. when the wife remained under legal control of her father